είναι

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See also: εἶναι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἶναι (eînai), present infinitive of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”).

(For the noun): Semantic loan from German Sein.^[1]
(For the 3rd person of verb) According to Babiniotis,^[2] not from the infinitive εἶναι (eînai), but from the Byzantine Greek ἔναι (énai) < Ancient Greek ἔνι (éni), a short form of ἔνεστι (énesti, “to be in”), and in unison with the forms είμαι (eímai), είσαι (eísai).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈine/
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Hyphenation: εί‧ναι

Verb

είναι • (eínai)

3rd person singular present form of είμαι (eímai).: "he is, she is, it is"
το όνομά μου είναι …
to ónomá mou eínai …
my name is …
3rd person plural present form of είμαι (eímai).: "they are"

Noun

είναι • (eínai) n (indeclinable)

(philosophy) being, that which exists
«To Είναι και το Μηδέν» ― «To Eínai kai to Midén» ― Being and Nothingness
Title of the French book L'Être et le Néant by Jean-Paul Sartre.
one's inner world
Όταν έμαθα την είδηση του θανάτου του, κατέρρευσε όλο μου το είναι.
Ótan ématha tin eídisi tou thanátou tou, katérrefse ólo mou to eínai.
When I learnt the news of his death, my whole being collapsed.
(figurative) everything dear in life
Είσαι το είναι μου, ο έρωτας της ζωής μου.
Eísai to eínai mou, o érotas tis zoḯs mou.
You are my everything, my life's love.

References

^ είναι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ είναι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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