μαύρος
See also: μαυρός
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from Koine Greek μαῦρος (maûros), from Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark”). Also substantivised.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editμαύρος • (mávros) m (feminine μαύρη, neuter μαύρο)
- of black (color/colour)
- for the color/colour, see μαύρο n (mávro, noun)
- (figurative)
- (typography) bold
Usage notes
editOn degrees:
- Monolectic degrees of comparison of μαύρος (and adjectives for colour) are rare and spurious. The following obsolete forms, mostly dialectal, are found in proverbs and books of the 19th century:
- μαυρότερος (more black), μαυρότατος (most, very black).
- Comparative: μαυρύτερος (in analogy to μεγαλύτερος)
- Comparative: μαυρήτερος
- Superlative is best formed with intensifiers: κατα- (kata-) (κατάμαυρος) & the rare παν- (pan-) (πάμμαυρος).
- The degrees of synonym μελανός (melanós) serve as substitutes: μελανότερος (melanóteros), μελανότατος (melanótatos).
Declension
editDeclension of μαύρος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | μαύρος • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύροι • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
genitive | μαύρου • | μαύρης • | μαύρου • | μαύρων • | μαύρων • | μαύρων • |
accusative | μαύρο • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύρους • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
vocative | μαύρε • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύροι • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μαύρος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μαύρος, etc.) |
Synonyms
edit- μελανός (melanós)
- εβένινος (evéninos) (especially for hair)
- κορακάτος (korakátos) (especially for hair)
- in sense "dark": σκοτεινός (skoteinós), ερεβώδης (erevódis), ασβολερός (asvolerós)
See also
Derived terms
edit- μαύρα n pl (mávra, “black mourning clothes”)
- μαύρο δάκρυ n (mávro dákry) (figurative)
- μαύρο μάτι n (mávro máti, “blackeye”) (medicine)
- μαύρα μάτια n pl (mávra mátia) (figurative)
Related terms
edit- μαυρο- (mavro-) & -μαυρος (-mavros) compounds like μαυρόασπρος (mavróaspros, “black-and-white”), ασπρόμαυρος (asprómavros, “white-and-black”)
and
- αμαυρός (amavrós, “dull, opaque”, adjective) & related
- κατάμαυρος (katámavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- μαυρίζω (mavrízo, “to blacken, to suntan”)
- μαυρισμένος (mavrisménos, “blackened”, participle)
- μαύρο n (mávro, “black”, noun) (the color/colour)
- μαυρώνω (mavróno, “to char”)
- ολόμαυρος (olómavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- πάμμαυρος (pámmavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
Further reading
edit- μαύρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- μαύρος - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)