παιδί
Ancient Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pai̯.dí/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛˈdi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈði/
Noun edit
παιδί • (paidí)
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Byzantine Greek παιδίν (paidín), from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon), diminutive of παῖς (paîs, “child”).
Cognate with Italiot Greek pedì, Mariupol Greek педъы́ (pjeðý).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
παιδί • (paidí) n (plural παιδιά)
Declension edit
declension of παιδί
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- παιδάκι n (paidáki, “little child”)
- παιδικός (paidikós, “children's”)
- παιδικά n pl (paidiká, “children's goods, childrenswear”)
- παιδιάστικος (paidiástikos, “childish”)
- παιδαριώδης (paidariódis, “childish”)
- παιδικότητα f (paidikótita, “childishness”)
- παιδαρέλι n (paidaréli, “small fry, little one, chit”)
- παίδαρος m (paídaros, “lovely child”) (slang)
Further reading edit
- παιδί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.