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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian occhiali (“eyeglasses”), the apheresis perhaps resulting via crasis of article το (to) with an earlier Byzantine Greek ὀκκιάλιν (okkiálin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈca.li/
- Hyphenation: κιά‧λι
Noun
κιάλι • (kiáli) n
- scope, telescope, spyglass, field glass; a portable optical instrument containing a lens used for magnification to see distant objects
- (in the plural) See κιάλια (kiália, “binoculars, spyglasses, opera glasses”).
Declension
Declension of κιάλι
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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κιάλι (kiáli)
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κιάλια (kiália)
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| genitive
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κιαλιού (kialioú)
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κιαλιών (kialión)
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| accusative
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κιάλι (kiáli)
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κιάλια (kiália)
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| vocative
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κιάλι (kiáli)
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κιάλια (kiália)
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