κεφάλι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), from Hellenistic Koine Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”), diminutive of the Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.[1] Doublet of κεφαλή (kefalí).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)
Declension edit
declension of κεφάλι
Synonyms edit
- κεφαλή f (kefalí) (formal)
Derived terms edit
- πονοκέφαλος m (ponokéfalos, “headache”)
- κεφαλάρι n (kefalári, “headrest, pillow, etc”)
- κέφαλος m (kéfalos, “mullet”)
- κάνω του κεφαλιού μου (káno tou kefalioú mou, “to do whatever one wants”) (literally: "to do of one's head")
See also edit
- μυαλό (myaló)
References edit
- ^ κεφάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.