Greek edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.ˈfθi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ευ‧θεί‧α

Etymology 1 edit

Inflectional form.

Adjective edit

ευθεία (eftheía)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of ευθύς (efthýs).

Etymology 2 edit

From feminine adjective ευθεία, by ellipsis of noun οδός (odós, road).[1] Also see ευθέως.

Adverb edit

ευθεία (eftheía)

  1. in the same direction, straight
Synonyms edit
  • ευθέως (efthéos) (formal, but common, with different sense)

References edit

  1. ^ ευθείαΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
    For the adverb, see lemmata ευθεία and ευθύς

Usage notes edit