μάτι
See also: Μάτι and Appendix:Variations of "mati"
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Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek μάτιν (mátin), from Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.ti/
- Hyphenation: μά‧τι
Noun
μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μάτι (máti) | μάτια (mátia) |
| genitive | ματιού (matioú) | ματιών (matión) |
| accusative | μάτι (máti) | μάτια (mátia) |
| vocative | μάτι (máti) | μάτια (mátia) |
Synonyms
- (anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
- μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
Proverbs:
- άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, “apples and oranges”, literally “the hare's eyes are one and the owl's are another”)
- έχω τα μάτια μου δεκατέσσερα (écho ta mátia mou dekatéssera, “to keep one's eyes peeled”, literally “to have one's eyes fourteen”)
Related terms
- αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
- κατάματα (katámata, “right in the eyes”, adverb)
- ματάκι n (matáki, diminutive)
- ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
- ματάρα f (matára, augmentative)
- ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)
- ματιάζω (matiázo, “to cast the evil eye”)
- μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
- ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
- ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
- ματόχαντρο n (matóchantro, “bead against evil eye”)
Further reading
- μάτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el