θίνα

Greek
θίνα

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θίς (thís), usually considered Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθi.na/
  • Hyphenation: θί‧να

Noun

θίνα • (thína) f (plural θίνες)

  1. dune
    Synonyms: αμμόλοφος m (ammólofos), αμμοθίνα f (ammothína)

Declension
declension of θίνα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative θίνα • θίνες •
genitive θίνας • θινών •
accusative θίνα • θίνες •
vocative θίνα • θίνες •
  • αμμοθίνα f (ammothína, “sand dune”)
  • παρά θίν' αλός (pará thín' alós, “by the seaside”) (learned)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading
  • θίνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
  • θίνα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  • θίνα - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
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