κεφάλι
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editκεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)
Declension
editDeclension of κεφάλι
Synonyms
edit- κεφαλή f (kefalí) (formal)
Derived terms
edit- πονοκέφαλος m (ponokéfalos, “headache”)
- κεφάλα f (kefála, “bighead”)
- κεφαλάρι n (kefalári, “headrest, pillow, etc”)
- κεφαλιά f (kefaliá, “header”)
- κέφαλος m (kéfalos, “mullet”)
- περικεφαλαία f (perikefalaía, “helmet”)
- κεφαλόδεσμος m (kefalódesmos, “headband”)
- κεφαλοκλείδωμα n (kefalokleídoma, “stranglehold”)
- 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”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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