κολυμπάω

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From modern κολυμπ(ώ) + -άω (-áo). Inherited from Byzantine Greek κολυμπῶ (kolumpô), from Koine Greek κολυμβῶ (kolumbô) pronounced with , uncontracted form of κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, ancient sense: dive),[1] said by Beekes to be a denominative verbal derivation of κόλυμβος (kólumbos, diver, little grebe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.limˈba.o/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧λυ‧μπά‧ω

Verb

κολυμπάω (kolympáo) / κολυμπώ (imperfect κολυμπούσα/κολύμπαγα, past κολύμπησα) (passive forms rare: κολυμπιέμαι (kolympiémai))

  1. (sports) to swim
    Μου αρέσει να κολυμπάω.
    Mou arései na kolympáo.
    I like to swim.
    1. (figuratively)
      Είναι πολύ πλούσιος. Κολυμπάει στο χρήμα.
      Eínai polý ploúsios. Kolympáei sto chríma.
      He is very rich. He swims in money.
    2. (passive voice, rare) to be swum
      Αυτή η θάλασσα είναι μολυσμένη. Δεν κολυμπιέται πια.
      Aftí i thálassa eínai molysméni. Den kolympiétai pia.
      This sea is polluted. It cannot be swum any more.

Conjugation

Stem κολυμπ-
  • For stem κολυμβ- see κολύμβηση f (kolýmvisi, swimming -the sport-) (more formal)

References

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