συναίρεση

From Koine Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis), from Ancient Greek συναιρέω (sunairéō), συναιρῶ (sunairô, “to draw together, contract”), from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) +‎ ἀϝείρω, ἀείρω, αἴρω (aweírō, aeírō, aírō, “to take up, draw; bind, attach”), from Proto-Hellenic *aweřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, equivalent to συναιρώ (synairó) from συν- (syn-) +‎ αίρω (aíro). Or from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) +‎ αἱρέω (hairéō, “take, grasp”), from Proto-Hellenic *héřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together”).

• IPA^(key): /si.ˈne.re.si/
• Hyphenation: συ‧ναί‧ρε‧ση

συναίρεση • (synaíresi) f (plural συναιρέσεις)

1. (prosody, phonetics) synaeresis (contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel)

   e.g. of [ao] to [o] as in τραγουδάω (tragoudáo) > τραγουδώ (tragoudó, “I sing”)

Older or formal genitive singular: συναιρέσεως (synairéseos)

• συναίρεση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language