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Greek
- αχείλι n (acheíli) (vernacular)
- χεῖλο n (kheîlo) (dated vernacular, in poetry)[1]
- χείλος n (cheílos, “lip; labia”) (formal; medicine)
Etymology
From the plural χείλη (cheíli) of χείλος (cheílos) with a suffix -α > χείλια (cheília) in analogy to plurals such as στήθη (stíthi) ~ στήθια (stíthia, “breasts”).[2]
Or from a medieval Byzantine Greek χείλιν (kheílin) / ἀχείλιν (akheílin) with resyllabizing the phrase ἔν ἀχείλιν (én akheílin, “a lip”) to ἔνα χείλιν (éna kheílin), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos)[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
χείλι • (cheíli) n (plural χείλια) and second plural: τα χείλη from χείλος
- less formal form of χείλος (cheílos) lip (of the mouth. Usually in plural)
Βάφω τα χείλια μου με κόκκινο κραγιόν.- Váfo ta cheília mou me kókkino kragión.
- I put red lipstick on my lips.
Declension
With plural: χείλια
Derived terms
- χειλάκι n (cheiláki) (diminutive)
- χειλάρες n pl (cheiláres) (augmentative, usually in plural)
Expressions:
References
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. (abbreviations - of authors)
- ^ χείλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ χείλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language