χιόνι
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited from Byzantine Greek χιόνι (khióni), from Koine Greek χιόνιον (khiónion), diminutive of Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *kʰiṓn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Compare Mariupol Greek шон (šon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editχιόνι • (chióni) n (plural χιόνια)
Declension
editDeclension of χιόνι
Related terms
edit- αχιόνιστος (achiónistos)
- χιονάτος (chionátos)
- χιονίστρα f (chionístra)
- χιονιάς m (chioniás)
- χιονο- (chiono-), χιον- for example:
- χιονάνθρωπος m (chionánthropos, “snowman”)
- χιονοθύελλα f (chionothýella, “blizzard”)
- χιονόμπαλα f (chionómpala, “snowball”)
- χιονονιφάδα f (chiononifáda, “snowflake”)
- χιονοστιβάδα f (chionostiváda, “avalanche”)
See also
edit- πάγος (págos, “ice”)
References
edit- ^ “χιόνι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
Further reading
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χιόνι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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