μήνας

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Compare Mariupol Greek ми́на (mína).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nas/

Noun

μήνας • (mínas) m (plural μήνες)

1. month

   μήνας μπαίνει, μήνας βγαίνει ― mínas baínei, mínas vgaínei ― month in, month out

Declension

Declension of μήνας

	singular	plural
nominative	μήνας •	μήνες •
genitive	μήνα •	μηνών •
accusative	μήνα •	μήνες •
vocative	μήνα •	μήνες •

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) μηνη (mini, “months”) e.g., 6μηνη (“6-months”), 24μηνη (“24-months”)

Coordinate terms

• εβδομάδα f (evdomáda, “week”)
• έτος n (étos, “year”)
• ημέρα f (iméra, “day”)
• χρόνος m (chrónos, “year”)
• ώρα f (óra, “hour”)

Related terms

• καλό μήνα (kaló mína, literally “good month”) (a greeting for the new month)
• -μηνο (-mino)
• -μηνος (-minos, “month(s)”, adjectival suffix)
• μηνιαίος (miniaíos, “monthly”, adjective)
• μηνιάτικο n (miniátiko, “monthly salary, etc”)
• μηνιάτικος (miniátikos, “monthly”, adjective)

Further reading

• μήνας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language