δημοτική
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Reborrowing from French démotique (“initially referring to Egyptian language and script of Hellenistic times”). From Ancient Greek δημοτικός.[1]
Noun edit
δημοτική • (dimotikí) f (uncountable)
- (linguistics) any vernacular form of a language, in contrast to learned varieties
- (linguistics) shortened form of δημοτική γλώσσα f (dimotikí glóssa, “Demotic Greek tongue”)
Declension edit
δημοτική
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | δημοτική • |
genitive | δημοτικής • |
accusative | δημοτική • |
vocative | δημοτική • |
Synonyms edit
- (for any vernacular): δημώδης (dimódis), κοινή (koiní) (language)
- (for Greek): κοινή νεοελληνική (“Koine Neo-Hellenic”)
Hypernyms edit
- (for Greek): νέα ελληνικά n pl (néa elliniká, “Modern Greek”), νεοελληνικά (neoelliniká)
Related terms edit
- μαλλιαρή f sg (malliarí, “extreme Demotic Greek language”) (idiomatic, historical)
- see: ελληνικά n pl (elliniká, “Greek language”) for varieties and dialects of Greek
- and see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
δημοτική • (dimotikí)
- Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of δημοτικός (dimotikós).: of the people
- δημοτική αρχή ― dimotikí archí ― municipal authority
- δημοτική γλώσσα ― dimotikí glóssa ― demotic language
- δημοτική μουσική ― dimotikí mousikí ― folk music
- Synonyms: παραδοσιακή f (paradosiakí, “traditional”), also λαϊκή f (laïkí, “people's”) music
References edit
- ^ δημοτική - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading edit
- δημοτική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el