Μάιος

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See also: Μάϊος

Greek

Alternative forms

  • Μάης m (Máis) (colloquial or less formal, literary)

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin Māius.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.i.os/
  • Hyphenation: Μά‧ι‧ος

Proper noun

Μάιος • (Máios) m (plural Μάιοι)

  1. May

Declension

Declension of Μάιος
singular plural
nominative Μάιος • Μάιοι •
genitive Μαΐου • Μαΐων •
accusative Μάιο • Μαΐους •
vocative Μάιε • Μάιοι •
Genitive plural:Μαΐων is also used to express, mostly in an ironic manner, the age of an old lady

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Crimean Tatar: mayıs
  • →? Romanian: mai (also partially via Slavic)
  • → Turkish: mayıs

References

  1. ^ Μάιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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