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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ζευγάρι (zeugári), ζευγάριν (zeugárin), from ζευγάριον (zeugárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zeˈvɣa.ri/
- Hyphenation: ζευ‧γά‧ρι
Noun
ζευγάρι • (zevgári) n (plural ζευγάρια)
- couple, pair
- (of things)
- ένα ζευγάρι: παπούτσια, κάλτσες, γυαλιά ― éna zevgári: papoútsia, káltses, gyaliá ― a pair of: shoes, stockings, eyeglasses
- married or in romantic liaison, or acting together (of people)
Να σας συστήσω το ζεύγος Παπαδοπούλου. Παντρεύτηκαν πέρσι, αλλά είναι ζευγάρι εδώ και δέκα χρόνια.- Na sas systíso to zévgos Papadopoúlou. Pantréftikan pérsi, allá eínai zevgári edó kai déka chrónia.
- May I present Mr and Mrs (the couple) Papadopoulos. They married last year, but they've been together (a pair) for ten years.
- καλλιτεχνικό ζευγάρι ― kallitechnikó zevgári ― artistic pair (duo)
- (of animals)
- yoke (ie a pair of animals tied together for ploughing)
- a pair of male and female animals
- the other member of a pair (of matching things)
- Βρήκα το ζευγάρι του σκουλαρικιού μου. ― Vríka to zevgári tou skoularikioú mou. ― I found my earring's partner.
- (of cards)
- Κρατάω ζευγάρια ρηγάδες και άσους. ― Kratáo zevgária rigádes kai ásous. ― I hold pairs of kings and aces.
- (dialect, Euboea) an extent of land[1]
- a person or family's holding of land
- a unit of land area (variable according to village) of 25-30 hectares
- Coordinate terms: εκτάριο (ektário), στρέμμα (strémma), δράμι (drámi), έικρ (éikr)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ζευγαράκι n (zevgaráki, “a small pair, a romantic couple”, diminutive form)
- ζευγαρίζω (zevgarízo, “I plough with a pair of animals”)
- ζευγάρισμα n (zevgárisma, “the ploughing with a pair of animals”)
- ζευγαροπλεχτός (zevgaroplechtós, “of the rhyme scheme ABDECF”)
- ζευγάρωμα n (zevgároma, “the coupling”)
- ζευγαρωμένος (zevgaroménos, “of something with a pair”)
- ζευγαρώνω (zevgaróno, “to make a pair, to mate”)
- ζευγαρωτός (zevgarotós, “coming in pairs”, adverb)
- ζευγαρωτός (zevgarotós, “of something that comes in pairs”)
- ζεύγος m (zévgos)
- See also Derivatives of Ancient ζεῦγος (zeûgos), ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi), also used in Modern Greek.
Further reading
- ζευγάρι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ζευγάρι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)
References
- ^ Juliet du Boulay (1994) Portrait of a Greek mountain village, (First published by OUP in 1974), Limni,Euboea, Greece: Denise Harvey, published 1994, →ISBN