αλάτι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἁλάτιν (halátin), from Koine Greek ἁλάτιον (halátion), a diminutive of Ancient Greek ἅλας (hálas), from ἅλς (háls), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare the borrowed doublet άλας (álas) and Mariupol Greek а́лас (álas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aˈlati]

Noun

αλάτι • (aláti) n (plural αλάτια)

common salt, table salt
μαγειρικό αλάτι ― mageirikó aláti ― cooking salt

Declension

declension of αλάτι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	αλάτι •	αλάτια •
genitive	αλατιού •	αλατιών •
accusative	αλάτι •	αλάτια •
vocative	αλάτι •	αλάτια •

Coordinate terms

παστός (pastós, “salted, preserved with salt, corned”)
άλας (álas, “chemical salt”) (product of neutralisation)

Derived terms

άλατα f (álata, “salt”)
αλάτινος (alátinos, “salty, salt, saline”)
αλάτισμα n (alátisma, “preserving with salt”)
αλατένιος (alaténios, “saline”)
αλατίζω (alatízo, “to preserve with salt”)
αλατίστρα f (alatístra, “place to feed animals salt”)
αλαταριά f (alatariá, “salt lick, place to feed animals salt”)
αλατερός (alaterós, “salty, over salted”)
αλατιέρα f (alatiéra, “salt cellar, saltshaker”)
αλατισμένος (alatisménos, “salted, salty”)
αλατιστός (alatistós, “salted, preserved with salt”)
αλατο- (alato-), αλατό- (alató-, “related to salt”)
αλατοειδής (alatoeidís, “saltlike”)
αλατόνερο n (alatónero, “salt water”)
αλατοπίπερο n (alatopípero, “salt and pepper”)
αλαταποθήκη f (alatapothíki, “salt store”)
αλατοποιείο n (alatopoieío, “salt works”)
αλατοπιπερώνω (alatopiperóno, “to season”)
αλατοφόρος (alatofóros, “salty, salt bearing”)
αλατούχος (alatoúchos, “salted, saline”)
αλατωρυχείο n (alatorycheío, “salt pan, salt mine”)
αλατωρύχος m (alatorýchos, “salt worker, salt miner”)

Related terms

see: αλμυρός (almyrós, “salty”)

Further reading

αλάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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