πυρόλυση
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin pyrolysis. By surface analysis, πυρό- (pyró-, “fire”) + λύση (lýsi, “lysis, breakdown (chemical sense)”), see the ancient λύσις (lúsis).
Pronunciation
Noun
πυρόλυση • (pyrólysi) f (plural πυρολύσεις)
- (chemistry) pyrolysis
- Hypernym: θερμόλυση (thermólysi, “thermolysis”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) | πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis) |
| genitive | πυρόλυσης (pyrólysis) | πυρολύσεων (pyrolýseon) |
| accusative | πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) | πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis) |
| vocative | πυρόλυση (pyrólysi) | πυρολύσεις (pyrolýseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: πυρολύσεως (pyrolýseos)
References
- πυρόλυση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
πυρόλυση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
