παύση
Greek
Alternative forms
- πάψη (pápsi)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παῦσις (paûsis) with semantic loan from French pause in the musical senses.[1] By surface analysis, παύω (pávo) + -ση (-si).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaf.si/
- Hyphenation: παύ‧ση
Noun
παύση • (páfsi) f (plural παύσεις)
- pause, hiatus
- cessation, discontinuation
- termination (the process of firing an employee)
- (music) rest (a pause of a specified length in a piece of music)
- (music) rest, pause (a written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παύση (páfsi) | παύσεις (páfseis) |
| genitive | παύσης (páfsis) | παύσεων (páfseon) |
| accusative | παύση (páfsi) | παύσεις (páfseis) |
| vocative | παύση (páfsi) | παύσεις (páfseis) |
Also, older or formal genitive singular: παύσεως (páfseos)
References
- ^ παύση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language