αφτί

Greek

Alternative forms
  • αυτί (aftí) (spelling from alternative etymology)

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural αφτιά (aftiá), extracted from article & noun τ' αφτιά (t' aftiá, “the ears”), from Byzantine Greek τά ἀφτία (tá aphtía) (singular τό ἀφτίον (tó aphtíon)), from Koine Greek τά ὠτία (tá ōtía) (singular ὠτίον (ōtíon)), diminutive of Ancient Greek τᾰ̀ ὦτᾰ (tà ôta) (singular οὖς (oûs)), through a regular phonological development of

/ta.uˈti.a/ → (*/tavˈti.a/) → /tafˈti.a/ and αφτιά (aftiá) /aˈftça/, singular αφτί (aftí) /aˈfti/.

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Etymology according to Georgios Hatzidakis, accepted by Babiniotis.[1] Other linguists[2] support the spelling αυτί (aftí) from τ' αυτιά (t' aftiá) through /tawˈti.a/ - /tafˈti.a/. Similar case is the spelling of αβγό (avgó) or αυγό (avgó, “egg”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈfti/
  • Hyphenation: α‧φτί
  • Homophones: αυτή (aftí), αυτοί (aftoí)

Noun

αφτί • (aftí) n (plural αφτιά)

  1. (anatomy) ear

Declension
declension of αφτί
case     \     number singular plural
nominative αφτί • αφτιά •
genitive αφτιού • αφτιών •
accusative αφτί • αφτιά •
vocative αφτί • αφτιά •

References
  1. αφτί - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  2. αυτί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation. (Etymologies by Evangelos Petrounias)
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