ψες
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ψές (psés), from Ancient Greek ὀψέ (opsé, “late in the evening”) formed as ὀψές < ψες[1] influenced paretymologically by χθές (khthés) > χθες (chthes).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ψες • (pses)
- (colloquial, folksy, literary) Alternative form of εψές (epsés): χτες (chtes, “yesterday”)
- also ψε (pse)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ ψες - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ ψες - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre