φωτιά

From Byzantine Greek φωτία (phōtía), from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), variant of φᾰ́ος (phắos, “light”), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os.

Compare Mariupol Greek фоты́я (fotýja), футы́я (futýja).

• IPA^(key): /foˈtça/
• Hyphenation: φω‧τιά

φωτιά • (fotiá) f (plural φωτιές)

1. fire
2. flame, sparkle
3. light (for cigarette, etc)

   Δεν έχω φωτιά. ― Den écho fotiá. ― I don't have a light.

• πυρ n (pyr)
• πυρά f (pyrá, “pyre”)
• πυρκαγιά f (pyrkagiá, “conflagration”)

see: φως n (fos, “light”)

• φωτιά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• φωτιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el