παύλα
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Greek
Noun
παύλα • (pávla) f (plural παύλες)
- (typography) dash
- διπλή παύλα ― diplí pávla (two dashes used instead of parentheses)
- (typography) quotation dash
Usage notes
- — Μιλάει σοβαρά; ρώτησε την Μαρία. ("Is he serious?" he asked Maria.)
- — Ναι, σίγουρα, αποκρίθηκε. ("Yes, certainly", she replied.)
- Compare this with εισαγωγικά ( « » ), which are also used for recording Greek speech.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παύλα (pávla) | παύλες (pávles) |
| genitive | παύλας (pávlas) | παυλών (pavlón) |
| accusative | παύλα (pávla) | παύλες (pávles) |
| vocative | παύλα (pávla) | παύλες (pávles) |
See also
- . τελεία (teleía)
- , κόμμα (kómma)
- : δύο τελείες (dýo teleíes)
- · άνω τελεία (áno teleía)
- ; ερωτηματικό (erotimatikó)
- ! θαυμαστικό (thavmastikó)
- « » εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- " “ ” εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- ' ‘ ’ εισαγωγικά (eisagogiká)
- ' ’ απόστροφος (apóstrofos)
- ¨ διαλυτικά (dialytiká)
- ΄ τόνος (tónos)
- ‐ ενωτικό (enotikó)
- — παύλα (pávla)
- … αποσιωπητικά (aposiopitiká)
- ( ) παρένθεση (parénthesi)
- [ ] αγκύλη (agkýli)
- { } άγκιστρο (ágkistro)
- » : 〃 ομοιωματικά (omoiomatiká)
- see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)
Further reading
International variation in quotation marks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
