πτέρυγα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτέρῠγᾰ • (ptérŭgă)

  1. accusative singular of πτέρυξ (ptérux)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πτέρῠγᾰ (ptérŭgă), accusative of πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx, “bird's wing”), with semantic loan from French aile for other senses.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpte.ɾi.ɣa/
  • Hyphenation: πτέ‧ρυ‧γα

Noun

πτέρυγα • (ptéryga) f (plural πτέρυγες)

  1. (learned) wing (of a bird)
    Synonym: φτερούγα f (fteroúga)
  2. wing (a part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building)
  3. wing (a faction of a political movement)
  4. (military) wing (an organizational grouping in a military aviation service)

Declension

Declension of πτέρυγα
singular plural
nominative πτέρυγα (ptéryga) πτέρυγες (ptéryges)
genitive πτέρυγας (ptérygas) πτερύγων (pterýgon)
accusative πτέρυγα (ptéryga) πτέρυγες (ptéryges)
vocative πτέρυγα (ptéryga) πτέρυγες (ptéryges)

References

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