σχοινί
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Greek
Alternative forms
- σκοινί n (skoiní)
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σχοινίν (skhoinín), from Ancient Greek σχοινίον (skhoiníon, “rope”), diminutive of σχοῖνος (skhoînos).
Noun
σχοινί • (schoiní) n (plural σχοινιά)
Declension
Declension of σχοινί
Related terms
- σχοινάς m (schoinás, “rope maker, rope dealer”)
- σχοινοποιείο n (schoinopoieío, “ropewalk”)
- σχοινοπλοκία f (schoinoplokía, “rope making”)
- σκοινένιος (skoinénios, “made of rope”, adjective)
- συρματόσχοινο f (syrmatóschoino, “cable”)
- σχοινάκι n (schoináki, “skipping rope”, diminutive)
- σχοινοβασία f (schoinovasía, “tightrope”)
- σχοινοβάτης m (schoinovátis, “tightrope walker”)
- σχοινοβάτισσα f (schoinovátissa, “tightrope walker”)
- σχοινοβατώ f (schoinovató, “tightrope”)
- σχοινοτενής (schoinotenís, “long winded”)
Further reading
σχοινί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
