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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπηρέτης (hupērétēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.piˈɾe.tis/
- Hyphenation: υ‧πη‧ρέ‧της
Noun
υπηρέτης • (ypirétis) m (plural υπηρέτες, feminine υπηρέτρια)
- servant (with household duties)
Declension
With stems υπηρετ-, υπηρεσ-
- αλληλοεξυπηρέτηση f (alliloexypirétisi, “mutual service”)
- αλληλοεξυπηρετούνται (alliloexypiretoúntai, “they provide service to each other”)
- αυτοεξυπηρέτηση f (aftoexypirétisi, “self service”)
- αυτοεξυπηρετούμαι (aftoexypiretoúmai, “provide service to myself”)
- αφυπηρέτηση f (afypirétisi, “act of retiring”)
- αφυπηρετώ (afypiretó, “leave service”)
- εξυπηρέτηση f (exypirétisi, “service”)
- εξυπηρετικός (exypiretikós, “helpful, obliging”)
- εξυπηρετώ (exypiretó, “serve, to be of service”)
- προϋπηρεσία f (proÿpiresía)
- προϋπηρετώ (proÿpiretó)
- συνυπηρέτηση f (synypirétisi)
- συνυπηρετώ (synypiretó)
- υπηρεσία f (ypiresía, “service”)
- υπηρεσιακά (ypiresiaká, adverb)
- υπηρεσιακός (ypiresiakós, “departmental, of a public service”)
- υπηρεσιακώς (ypiresiakós, formal adverb)
- υπηρετικός (ypiretikós, “of service”)
- υπηρέτρια f (ypirétria, “servant”)
- υπηρετριούλα f (ypiretrioúla) (diminutive)
- υπηρετώ (ypiretó, “serve”), υπηρετούμαι (ypiretoúmai, “be served”)
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