πρωί

See also: πρωΐ and πρῶϊ

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ), from Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ, “in the morning”),[1] an adverb reanalysed as a neuter noun. The inflected forms properly belong to the adjective πρωινός (proïnós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈi/
  • Hyphenation: πρω‧ί

Noun

πρωί • (proḯ) n (plural πρωινά)

  1. morning
    Synonym: πρωινό (proïnó) Also, πρωία (proḯa) (ironic or Katharevousa)

Declension

Declension of πρωί
singular plural
nominative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)
genitive πρωινού (proïnoú) πρωινών (proïnón)
accusative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)
vocative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)

Irregular, with genitive singular and plural, from synonym πρωινό (proïnó).
A rare, literary genitive singular: του (tou) πρωιού (proïoú).

Coordinate terms

  • αποταχύ (apotachý, “early in the morning”, adverb) (rare, literary)

Derived terms

  • βράδυ πρωί (vrády proḯ, “night and day”)
  • η καλή μέρα απ’ το πρωί φαίνεται (i kalí méra ap’ to proḯ faínetai)
  • πρωί πρωί (proḯ proḯ, “too early in the morning”)

References

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

Further reading

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