μανιτάρι
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek mushroom name ἀμᾱνί̄της (amāní̄tēs), from the mountain range Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος (Ắmānos) with the provenience suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), plus the later colloquial suffix + -άρι (-ári).
Noun
μανιτάρι • (manitári) n (plural μανιτάρια)
- mushroom (the fruiting body of a fungus)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μανιτάρι (manitári) | μανιτάρια (manitária) |
| genitive | μανιταριού (manitarioú) | μανιταριών (manitarión) |
| accusative | μανιτάρι (manitári) | μανιτάρια (manitária) |
| vocative | μανιτάρι (manitári) | μανιτάρια (manitária) |
Synonyms
- μύκης m (mýkis)
- αμανίτης m (amanítis)
Related terms
- μύκητας m (mýkitas, “fungus”)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar), منطر (mantar), مانطر (mantar)
- Turkish: mantar
- → Armenian: մանթար (mantʻar), մանթառ (mantʻaṙ)
Further reading
- μανιτάρι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el