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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈçe.ɾe/
- Hyphenation: χαί‧ρε
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χαῖρε.
Verb
χαίρε • (chaíre)
- 2nd person singular imperfective imperative form of χαίρω (chaíro, “rejoice, be glad”).
- (formal, archaic) be happy, be glad (used in set phrases)
Derived terms
Expressions:
- Χαίρε Μαρία (Chaíre María, “Hail Mary, Ave Maria”)
- χαίρε Καίσαρ (chaíre Kaísar, “Hail Caesar”)
- χαίρε Κεχαριτωμένη (chaíre Kecharitoméni, “Hail (Mary) full of grace”)
- χαίρε βάθος αμέτρητον (chaíre váthos amétriton, “literally: hail uncountable, unfathomable depth”) (of vague and confusing situations)
- χαίρετε (chaírete, “hello; goodbye”) (the plural or polite plural form of χαίρε)
- and see: χαίρω (chaíro, “rejoice”)
Etymology 2
Substantivized singular imperative χαίρε as indeclinable neutral noun.
Noun
χαίρε • (chaíre) n (indeclinable)
- the last farewell (of an obituary speech) in expression:
- το ύστατο χαίρε (to ýstato chaíre)