αφτί
Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- αυτί (aftí) (spelling from alternative etymology)
Etymology
editBack-formation from the plural αφτιά (aftiá), extracted from article & noun τ' αφτιά (t' aftiá, “the ears”), from Byzantine Greek τά ἀφτία (tá aphtía) (singular τό ἀφτίον (tó aphtíon)), from Koine Greek τά ὠτία (tá ōtía) (singular ὠτίον (ōtíon)), diminutive of Ancient Greek τᾰ̀ ὦτᾰ (tà ôta) (singular οὖς (oûs)), through a regular phonological development of
- /ta.uˈti.a/ → (*/tavˈti.a/) → /tafˈti.a/ and αφτιά (aftiá) /aˈftça/, singular αφτί (aftí) /aˈfti/.
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.
Etymology according to Georgios Hatzidakis, accepted by Babiniotis.[1] Other linguists[2] support the spelling αυτί (aftí) from τ' αυτιά (t' aftiá) through /tawˈti.a/ - /tafˈti.a/. Similar case is the spelling of αβγό (avgó) or αυγό (avgó, “egg”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aˈfti/
- Hyphenation: α‧φτί
- Homophones: αυτή (aftí), αυτοί (aftoí)
Noun
editαφτί • (aftí) n (plural αφτιά)
Declension
editDeclension of αφτί
References
edit- ^ αφτί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ αυτί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language (Etymologies by Evangelos Petrounias)
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