συνάδελφος

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, member of a (military) company), from Ancient Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, who has siblings), with semantic loan from French confrère.[1] By surface analysis, συν- (syn-) +‎ αδελφός (adelfós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈna.del.fos/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧νά‧δελ‧φος

Noun

συνάδελφος (synádelfosm or f (plural συνάδελφοι, feminine συναδέλφισσα)

  1. colleague

Declension

Declension of συνάδελφος
singular plural
nominative συνάδελφος (synádelfos) συνάδελφοι (synádelfoi)
genitive συνάδελφου (synádelfou)
συναδέλφου (synadélfou)
συνάδελφων (synádelfon)
συναδέλφων (synadélfon)
accusative συνάδελφο (synádelfo) συνάδελφους (synádelfous)
συναδέλφους (synadélfous)
vocative συνάδελφε (synádelfe) συνάδελφοι (synádelfoi)

Second forms are formal. 

References

  1. ^ συνάδελφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language