παιδιά

From παίζω (paízō, “I play”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).

παιδῐᾱ́ • (paidiā́) f (genitive παιδῐᾶς); first declension

1. childish play, fun, sport, game

• “παιδιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παιδιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • antics idem, page 32.
  • banter idem, page 62.
  • child's play idem, page 129.
  • childishness idem, page 130.
  • dalliance idem, page 193.
  • distraction idem, page 242.
  • diversion idem, page 243.
  • drollery idem, page 253.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • flippancy idem, page 328.
  • frolic idem, page 346.
  • fun idem, page 349.
  • gambol idem, page 353.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • humour idem, page 410.
  • jest idem, page 462.
  • jocularity idem, page 463.
  • joke idem, page 464.
  • levity idem, page 487.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • pastime idem, page 598.
  • persiflage idem, page 607.
  • play idem, page 618.
  • playfulness idem, page 619.
  • pleasantry idem, page 619.
  • puerility idem, page 656.
  • recreation idem, page 684.
  • relaxation idem, page 690.
  • satire idem, page 734.
  • sport idem, page 804.
  • trifling idem, page 895.

From Ancient Greek παιδῐᾱ́ (paidiā́).

• IPA^(key): /peðiˈa/

παιδιά • (paidiá) f (plural παιδιές)

1. childish play, fun, sport, game

• αθλοπαιδιά f (athlopaidiá, “games, sports”)

A form of παιδί (paidí)

• IPA^(key): /peˈðʝa/

παιδιά • (paidiá) n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of παιδί (paidí) (children)