σκαλίζω

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek σκαλίζω (skalízō), from Ancient Greek σκάλλω (skállō).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaˈli.zo/
  • Hyphenation: σκα‧λί‧ζω

Verb

σκαλίζω • (skalízo) (past σκάλισα, passive σκαλίζομαι, ppp σκαλισμένος)

  1. to dig, to dig up, to hoe, to till (:soil)
  2. to dig around, to rummage (to search inside with disregard for the way in which things were arranged)
    Synonym: ψαχουλεύω (psachoulévo)
  3. to carve (to cut a design into a hard surface)
    Hypernym: χαράζω (charázo)

Conjugation

  • ασκάλιστος (askálistos, unhoed)
  • σκάλισμα n (skálisma, hoeing, scratching)
  • σκαλιστήρι n (skalistíri, hoe)
  • σκαλιστός (skalistós, carved)

References

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