μάτι

See also: Μάτι and Appendix:Variations of "mati"

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek μάτιν (mátin), from Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti/
• Hyphenation: μά‧τι

Noun

μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)

1. (anatomy, biology) eye
2. (figuratively) burner (element on a kitchen stove)

Declension

Declension of μάτι

	singular	plural
nominative	μάτι •	μάτια •
genitive	ματιού •	ματιών •
accusative	μάτι •	μάτια •
vocative	μάτι •	μάτια •

Synonyms

• (anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)

Coordinate terms

• βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, “eyelash”)
• βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, “eyelid”)
• κόπιτσα f (kópitsa, “hook and eye”)

 

Derived terms

• καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
• μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
• σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)

Proverbs:

• άλλα τα μάτια του λαγού κι άλλα της κουκουβάγιας (álla ta mátia tou lagoú ki álla tis koukouvágias, “apples and oranges”) (literally: the hare's eyes are one and the owl's are another)
• έχω τα μάτια μου δεκατέσσερα (écho ta mátia mou dekatéssera, “to keep one's eyes peeled”) (literally: "to have one's eyes fourteen")

Related terms

• αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
• κατάματα (katámata, “right in the eyes”, adverb)
• μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
• ματάκι n (matáki, diminutive)
• ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
• ματάρα f (matára, augmentative)
• ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)
• ματιάζω (matiázo, “to cast the evil eye”)
• ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
• ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
• ματόχαντρο n (matóchantro, “bead against evil eye”)

Further reading

• μάτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el