ουρανός
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), with the sense of "roof" taken as a semantic loan or calque from French.
Compare Mariupol Greek урано́с (uranós), урано́ (uranó).
Pronunciation
Noun
ουρανός • (ouranós) m (plural ουρανοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ουρανός (ouranós) | ουρανοί (ouranoí) |
| genitive | ουρανού (ouranoú) | ουρανών (ouranón) |
| accusative | ουρανό (ouranó) | ουρανούς (ouranoús) |
| vocative | ουρανέ (ourané) | ουρανοί (ouranoí) |
Related terms
- έβδομος ουρανός m (évdomos ouranós, “seventh heaven”)
- ουρανής (ouranís, “sky-blue”, adj)
- ουρανίσκος m (ouranískos, “palate, roof of the mouth”)
- ουράνιος (ouránios, “celestial”)
- ουράνιο τόξο n (ouránio tóxo, “rainbow”)
See also
- στερέωμα n (steréoma, “firmament”)
Further reading
- ουρανός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ουρανός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
