μάτι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek μάτιν (mátin) which is in turn from the Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)
- (anatomy, biology) eye
- (figuratively) burner (element on a kitchen stove)
Declension edit
declension of μάτι
Synonyms edit
- (anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
- μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
Proverbs:
- άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, “apples and oranges”) (literally: the hare's eyes are one and the owl's are another)
- έχω τα μάτια μου δεκατέσσερα (écho ta mátia mou dekatéssera, “to keep one's eyes peeled”) (literally: "to have one's eyes fourteen")
Related terms edit
- αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
- μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
- ματάκι n (matáki, diminutive)
- ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
- ματάρα f (matára, augmentative)
- ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)
- ματιάζω (matiázo, “to cast the evil eye”)
- ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
- ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
Further reading edit
- μάτι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el