αγυιά

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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/
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  • Hyphenation: α‧γυι‧ά

Noun

αγυιά • (agyiá) f (plural αγυιές) (originally Katharevousa, now formal, archaic, often sarcastic)

  1. (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
singular plural
nominative αγυιά • αγυιές •
genitive αγυιάς • αγυιών •
accusative αγυιά • αγυιές •
vocative αγυιά • αγυιές •

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ αγυιά - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αγυιά - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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