δεμάτι

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Greek

Etymology

From the mediaeval Byzantine Greek δεμάτιον, δεμάτιν, δεμάτι (demátion, demátin, demáti) from Koine Greek δεμάτιον (demátion), diminutive of δέμα (déma).[1] From δέω (déō) (sense: "tie").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðeˈma.ti/
  • Hyphenation: δε‧μά‧τι

Noun

δεμάτι • (demáti) n (plural δεμάτια)

  1. bale, sheaf (of hay, straw, etc)

Declension

singular plural
nominative δεμάτι (demáti) δεμάτια (demátia)
genitive δεματιού (dematioú) δεματιών (dematión)
accusative δεμάτι (demáti) δεμάτια (demátia)
vocative δεμάτι (demáti) δεμάτια (demátia)

Synonyms

  • βασταγή f (vastagí, “anything carried”) (mediaeval, demotic)

Descendants

  • → Albanian: dhemat — Arbëresh
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دمت (demet), دمد (demet)

References

  1. ^ δεμάτι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 58
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