See also: Μάϊος

Greek

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Alternative forms

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  • Μάης m (Máis) (colloquial or less formal, literary)

Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin Māius.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.i.os/
  • Hyphenation: Μά‧ι‧ος

Proper noun

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Μάιος (Máiosm (plural Μάιοι)

  1. May

Declension

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Declension of Μάιος
singular plural
nominative Μάιος (Máios) Μάιοι (Máioi)
genitive Μαΐου (Maḯou) Μαΐων (Maḯon)
accusative Μάιο (Máio) Μαΐους (Maḯous)
vocative Μάιε (Máie) Μάιοι (Máioi)

Genitive plural:Μαΐων is also used to express, mostly in an ironic manner, the age of an old lady

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Crimean Tatar: mayıs
  • ? Romanian: mai (also partially via Slavic)
  • Turkish: mayıs

References

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  1. ^ Μάιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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