καρδιά

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek, with synizesis to avoid hiatus, from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Cognate with Italiot Greek cardia, Mariupol Greek кардъи́я (karðíja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈðʝa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: καρ‧διά

Noun

καρδιά (kardiáf (plural καρδιές)

  1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

Declension of καρδιά
singular plural
nominative καρδιά (kardiá) καρδιές (kardiés)
genitive καρδιάς (kardiás) καρδιών (kardión)
accusative καρδιά (kardiá) καρδιές (kardiés)
vocative καρδιά (kardiá) καρδιές (kardiés)

Derived terms

See also

  • κούπα f (koúpa, hearts - a suit of playing cards)

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