ζευγάρι

Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Byzantine Greek ζευγάρι (zeugári), ζευγάριν (zeugárin), from ζευγάριον (zeugárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /zeˈvɣa.ri/
Hyphenation: ζευ‧γά‧ρι

Noun edit

ζευγάρι • (zevgári) n (plural ζευγάρια)

couple, pair
1. (of things)
  ένα ζευγάρι: παπούτσια, κάλτσες, γυαλιά ― éna zevgári: papoútsia, káltses, gyaliá ― a pair of: shoes, stockings, eyeglasses
2. married or in romantic liaison, or acting together (of people)
  Να σας συστήσω το ζεύγος Παπαδοπούλου. Παντρεύτηκαν πέρσι, αλλά είναι ζευγάρι εδώ και δέκα χρόνια.
  Na sas systíso to zévgos Papadopoúlou. Pantréftikan pérsi, allá eínai zevgári edó kai déka chrónia.
  May I present Mr and Mrs (the couple) Papadopoulos. They married last year, but they've been together (a pair) for ten years.
  
  καλλιτεχνικό ζευγάρι ― kallitechnikó zevgári ― artistic pair (duo)
3. (of animals)
  1. yoke (ie a pair of animals tied together for ploughing)
  2. a pair of male and female animals
4. the other member of a pair (of matching things)
  Βρήκα το ζευγάρι του σκουλαρικιού μου. ― Vríka to zevgári tou skoularikioú mou. ― I found my earring's partner.
5. (of cards)
  Κρατάω ζευγάρια ρηγάδες και άσους. ― Kratáo zevgária rigádes kai ásous. ― I hold pairs of kings and aces.
(dialect, Euboea) an extent of land^[1]
1. a person or family's holding of land
2. a unit of land area (variable according to village) of 25-30 hectares
  Coordinate terms: εκτάριο (ektário), στρέμμα (strémma), δράμι (drámi), έικρ (éikr)

Declension edit

declension of ζευγάρι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	ζευγάρι •	ζευγάρια •
genitive	ζευγαριού •	ζευγαριών •
accusative	ζευγάρι •	ζευγάρια •
vocative	ζευγάρι •	ζευγάρια •

Synonyms edit

ζεύγος n (zévgos) (formal)

Derived terms edit

ζευγαράκι n (zevgaráki, “a small pair, a romantic couple”, diminutive form)
ζευγαρίζω (zevgarízo, “I plough with a pair of animals”)
ζευγάρισμα n (zevgárisma, “the ploughing with a pair of animals”)
ζευγαροπλεχτός (zevgaroplechtós, “of the rhyme scheme ABDECF”)
ζευγάρωμα n (zevgároma, “the coupling”)
ζευγαρωμένος (zevgaroménos, “of something with a pair”)
ζευγαρώνω (zevgaróno, “to make a pair, to mate”)
ζευγαρωτός (zevgarotós, “coming in pairs”, adverb)
ζευγαρωτός (zevgarotós, “of something that comes in pairs”)

Related terms edit

ζεύγος m (zévgos)
See also Derivatives of Ancient ζεῦγος (zeûgos), ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi), also used in Modern Greek.

References edit

^ Juliet du Boulay (1994) Portrait of a Greek mountain village, (First published by OUP in 1974), Limni,Euboea, Greece: Denise Harvey, published 1994, →ISBN

[1] Juliet du Boulay (1994) Portrait of a Greek mountain village, (First published by OUP in 1974), Limni,Euboea, Greece: Denise Harvey, published 1994, →ISBN

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