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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἁλάτιν (halátin), from Koine Greek ἁλάτιον (halátion), a diminutive of Ancient Greek ἅλας (hálas), from ἅλς (háls), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare the borrowed doublet άλας (álas) and Mariupol Greek а́лас (álas).
Pronunciation
Noun
αλάτι • (aláti) n (plural αλάτια)
- common salt, table salt
- μαγειρικό αλάτι ― mageirikó aláti ― cooking salt
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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αλάτι (aláti)
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αλάτια (alátia)
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genitive
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αλατιού (alatioú)
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αλατιών (alatión)
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accusative
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αλάτι (aláti)
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αλάτια (alátia)
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vocative
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αλάτι (aláti)
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αλάτια (alátia)
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Coordinate terms
- παστός (pastós, “salted, preserved with salt, corned”)
- άλας (álas, “chemical salt”) (product of neutralisation)
Derived terms
- άλατα f (álata, “salt”)
- αλάτινος (alátinos, “salty, salt, saline”)
- αλάτισμα n (alátisma, “preserving with salt”)
- αλατένιος (alaténios, “saline”)
- αλατίζω (alatízo, “to preserve with salt”)
- αλατίστρα f (alatístra, “place to feed animals salt”)
- αλαταριά f (alatariá, “salt lick, place to feed animals salt”)
- αλατερός (alaterós, “salty, over salted”)
- αλατιέρα f (alatiéra, “salt cellar, saltshaker”)
- αλατισμένος (alatisménos, “salted, salty”)
- αλατιστός (alatistós, “salted, preserved with salt”)
- αλατο- (alato-), αλατό- (alató-, “related to salt”)
- αλατοειδής (alatoeidís, “saltlike”)
- αλατόνερο n (alatónero, “salt water”)
- αλατοπίπερο n (alatopípero, “salt and pepper”)
- αλαταποθήκη f (alatapothíki, “salt store”)
- αλατοποιείο n (alatopoieío, “salt works”)
- αλατοπιπερώνω (alatopiperóno, “to season”)
- αλατοφόρος (alatofóros, “salty, salt bearing”)
- αλατούχος (alatoúchos, “salted, saline”)
- αλατωρυχείο n (alatorycheío, “salt pan, salt mine”)
- αλατωρύχος m (alatorýchos, “salt worker, salt miner”)
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