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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ψές (psés), from Ancient Greek ὀψέ (opsé, “late in the evening”) formed as ὀψές < ψες[1] influenced paretymologically by χθές (khthés) > χθες (chthes).[2]
Pronunciation
Adverb
ψες • (pses)
- (colloquial, folksy, literary) Alternative form of εψές (epsés): χτες (chtes, “yesterday”)
- also ψε (pse)
- see: εψές (epsés)
- also see: όψιμος (ópsimos, “late; delayed”, adverb)
References
- ^ ψες, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ ψες - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre