φωτιά

Greek

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of φωτιά

	singular	plural
nominative	φωτιά •	φωτιές •
genitive	φωτιάς •	φωτιών •
accusative	φωτιά •	φωτιές •
vocative	φωτιά •	φωτιές •

Synonyms

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

Related terms

see: φως n (fos, “light”)

Further reading

• 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