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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Katharevousa ἀγυιά (aguiá) from Ancient Greek ἀγυιᾱ́ (aguiā́), less common variant of ἄγυια (águia).[1] Loaned in the 19th century to substitute the Demotic σοκάκι (sokáki) which was a Turkish loanword.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʝiˈa/
- Hyphenation: α‧γυι‧ά
Noun
αγυιά • (agyiá) f (plural αγυιές) (originally Katharevousa, now formal, archaic, often sarcastic)
- (dated) lane, back street, side street (small and narrow street or alley)
- informal, standard synonym: σοκάκι n (sokáki).
- Near-synonyms: δρόμος m (drómos), οδός f (odós, “street”)
ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (from a Katharevousa set phrase)- aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás
- everywhere, up every byroad
- (literally, “by the roads and lanes”)
Declension
Declension of αγυιά
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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αγυιά (agyiá)
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αγυιές (agyiés)
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| genitive
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αγυιάς (agyiás)
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αγυιών (agyión)
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| accusative
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αγυιά (agyiá)
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αγυιές (agyiés)
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| vocative
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αγυιά (agyiá)
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αγυιές (agyiés)
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