κεφάλι
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), from Hellenistic Koine Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”), diminutive of the Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.[1] Doublet of κεφαλή (kefalí).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)
Declension
[edit]Declension of κεφάλι
Synonyms
[edit]- κεφαλή f (kefalí) (formal)
Derived terms
[edit]- πονοκέφαλος m (ponokéfalos, “headache”)
- κεφάλα f (kefála, “bighead”)
- κεφαλάρι n (kefalári, “headrest, pillow, etc”)
- κέφαλος m (kéfalos, “mullet”)
- κάνω του κεφαλιού μου (káno tou kefalioú mou, “to do whatever one wants”) (literally: "to do of one's head")
See also
[edit]- μυαλό (myaló)
References
[edit]- ^ “κεφάλι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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