φαΐ

• φαγί n (fagí) (vernacular)

From Byzantine Greek φαγί(ν) (phagí(n)), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn), infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-, zero-grade of *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”).

• IPA^(key): /fa.ˈi/
• Hyphenation: φα‧ΐ

φαΐ • (faḯ) n

1. food

   Synonym: φαγητό (fagitó)

   Φάε το φαΐ σου! (/ˈfae to‿faˈi‿su/) ― Fáe to faḯ sou! ― Eat your food!

• all inflectional forms especially genitives are rare and informal. Instead, φαγητού, φαγητά and φαγητών can be used, from synonym φαγητό (fagitó).

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