παιδί

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.dí/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈdi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈði/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈði/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈði/

Noun

παιδί • (paidí)

dative singular of παῖς (paîs)

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek παιδίν (paidín), from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon), diminutive of παῖς (paîs, “child”).

Cognate with Italiot Greek pedì, Mariupol Greek пидъы́ (piðý).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈði/
Hyphenation: παι‧δί

Noun

παιδί • (paidí) n (plural παιδιά)

child, kid

Declension

Declension of **παιδί**
	singular	plural
nominative	παιδί (paidí)	παιδιά (paidiá)
genitive	παιδιού (paidioú)	παιδιών (paidión)
accusative	παιδί (paidí)	παιδιά (paidiá)
vocative	παιδί (paidí)	παιδιά (paidiá)

Synonyms

τέκνο n (tékno, “offspring, child”)
ανήλικος m (anílikos, “minor”)

Derived terms

παιδάκι n (paidáki, “little child”)
παιδαρέλι n (paidaréli, “small fry, little one, chit”)
παιδαριώδης (paidariódis, “childish”)
παίδαρος m (paídaros, “lovely child”) (slang)
παιδιάστικος (paidiástikos, “childish”)
παιδικά n pl (paidiká, “children's goods, childrenswear”)
παιδικός (paidikós, “children's”)
παιδικότητα f (paidikótita, “childishness”)

Further reading

παιδί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language