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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξερός (xerós), from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), with shift -ηρ- (-ēr-) > -ερ- (-er-).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
ξερός • (xerós) m (feminine ξερή, neuter ξερό)
- dry, dried, arid
το κλίμα είναι πολύ ξερό- to klíma eínai polý xeró
- the climate is very dry
- ξερό δαμάσκηνο ― xeró damáskino ― prune, dried plum
- dry, not sweet
- ξερό κρασί ― xeró krasí ― dry wine
- dry, laconic, perfunctory
μου είπε ένα ξερό ‹καλημέρα›- mou eípe éna xeró ‹kaliméra›
- I said a dry ‘good morning’
- (figuratively) incapacitated, unconscious
- (figuratively) dead
Usage notes
- Alternative form cannot be used in figurative senses
Declension
Synonyms
- άβρεχτος (ávrechtos, “not wet, dry”)
- άβροχος (ávrochos, “rainless”)
- ανάβροχος (anávrochos, “rainless, dry”)
- άνομβρος (ánomvros, “rainless”)
- ανότιστος (anótistos, “unwatered”)
- άνυδρος (ánydros, “arid, anhydrous”)
- ξηρός (xirós, “dry, arid”)
- στεγνός (stegnós, “dry, dull”)
- ξεραίνομαι (xeraínomai, “to become dry”, verb)
- ξεραίνω (xeraíno, “to dry (something)”, verb)
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