αψιθιά

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Byzantine Greek ἀψιθία (apsithía) with synizesis of /ia/ to avoid hiatus, from Koine Greek ἀψινθία f (apsinthía) with similation of [nθ] > [θθ] and simplification {{nobr|[[θθ] > [θ]}}.[1][2] Also see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.psiˈθça/
  • Hyphenation: α‧ψι‧θιά

Noun

αψιθιά • (apsithiá) f (plural αψιθιές)

  1. wormwood

Declension
declension of αψιθιά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative αψιθιά • αψιθιές •
genitive αψιθιάς • αψιθιών •
accusative αψιθιά • αψιθιές •
vocative αψιθιά • αψιθιές •
  • αγριαψιθιά f (agriapsithiá, “wormwood”)
  • άψινθος (ápsinthos)
  • αψέντι n (apsénti, “absinthe”)

References
  1. αψιθιά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. s.v. άψινθος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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