αλκυονίδες
See also: ἀλκυονίδες
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀλκυονίδες (alkuonídes), substantivised plural of ἀλκυονίς (alkuonís) by ellipsis of ἡμέραι (hēmérai, “days”).[1][2]
Noun edit
αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f pl
- ellipsis of αλκυονίδες ημέρες (alkyonídes iméres, “hot winter days, halcyon days”) by ellipsis of ημέρες (iméres, “days”)
Declension edit
Also, less frequent singular: αλκυονίδα (alkyonída) by ellipsis of ημέρα (iméra, “day”)
αλκυονίδες
case \ number | plural |
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nominative | αλκυονίδες • |
genitive | αλκυονίδων • |
accusative | αλκυονίδες • |
vocative | αλκυονίδες • |
Etymology 2 edit
Inflectional form.
Noun edit
αλκυονίδες • (alkyonídes) f
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of αλκυονίδα (alkyonída).
References edit
- ^ αλκυονίδες, αλκυονίδα - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
- ^ αλκυονίδες - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.