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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos). Doublet of ύαλος (ýalos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝaˈli/
- Hyphenation: γυα‧λί
Noun
γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)
- glass (material)
- shard, glass fragment
- (colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
- (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
- (rare, figuratively) glass for wine
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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γυαλί (gyalí)
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γυαλιά (gyaliá)
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| genitive
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γυαλιού (gyalioú)
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γυαλιών (gyalión)
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| accusative
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γυαλί (gyalí)
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γυαλιά (gyaliá)
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| vocative
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γυαλί (gyalí)
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γυαλιά (gyaliá)
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Synonyms
- ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)
Coordinate terms
- ποτήρι n (potíri, “glass, drinking vessel”)
- τζάμι n (tzámi, “glazing, window glass”)
Derived terms
- γυάλα f (gyála, “bowl, neonatal incubator”)
- γυαλάκιας m (gyalákias, “four-eyed”)
- γυαλιά n pl (gyaliá, “spectacles, glasses”)
- γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou, “sunglasses”)
- γυάλινος (gyálinos, “glass, glazed”)
- γυαλίζω (gyalízo, “to polish”)
Further reading