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Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis), from Ancient Greek συναιρέω (sunairéō), συναιρῶ (sunairô, “to draw together, contract”), from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) + ἀϝείρω, ἀείρω, αἴρω (aweírō, aeírō, aírō, “to take up, draw; bind, attach”), from Proto-Hellenic *aweřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-, equivalent to συναιρώ (synairó) from συν- (syn-) + αίρω (aíro). Or from συν- (sun-, “with, together”) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “take, grasp”), from Proto-Hellenic *héřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ˈne.re.si/
- Hyphenation: συ‧ναί‧ρε‧ση
Noun
συναίρεση • (synaíresi) f (plural συναιρέσεις)
- (grammar, phonology) contraction, synaeresis of two adjacent vowels or diphthongs within one word, into one
- e.g. of to as in τραγουδάω (tragoudáo) > τραγουδώ (tragoudó, “I sing”)
Declension
Further reading
- “συναίρεση”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998