βλάστηση

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλάστησις (blástēsis).[1] By surface analysis, βλάστη- (stem of βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)) +‎ -ση (-si).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvla.sti.si/
  • Hyphenation: βλά‧στη‧ση

Noun

βλάστηση (vlástisif

  1. vegetation (plants, taken collectively)
  2. vegetation (the act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth)
  3. germination (the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore)

Declension

Declension of βλάστηση
singular plural
nominative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)
genitive βλάστησης (vlástisis) βλαστήσεων (vlastíseon)
accusative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)
vocative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: βλαστήσεως (vlastíseos)

References

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

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