πεδιάδα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεδιάς (pediás, plain, noun, adjective) + accusative suffix -άδα (-áda),[1] from πεδίον (pedíon, open country, field, plain) +‎ -ιάς (-iás).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ðiˈa.ða/

Noun

πεδιάδα • (pediádaf (plural πεδιάδες)

  1. (geography) plain (large, flat lands)

Declension

Declension of πεδιάδα
singular plural
nominative πεδιάδα (pediáda) πεδιάδες (pediádes)
genitive πεδιάδας (pediádas) πεδιάδων (pediádon)
accusative πεδιάδα (pediáda) πεδιάδες (pediádes)
vocative πεδιάδα (pediáda) πεδιάδες (pediádes)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ πεδιάδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέδον (> DER > 1. πεδιάς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1160-1

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