φεγγάρι
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from Byzantine Greek φεγγάριν (phengárin), from φεγγάριον (phengárion); diminutive of Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “moonlight”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editφεγγάρι • (fengári) n (plural φεγγάρια)
- (vernacular, uncountable) the Moon
- Synonym: (formal) Σελήνη (Selíni)
- (countable) moon (satellite, (lunar) month)
- moonlight
Declension
editDeclension of φεγγάρι
Further reading
edit- Σελήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- “φεγγάρι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998