κεφάλι

Greek

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ceˈfa.li/
Hyphenation: κε‧φά‧λι

Noun

κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)

(anatomy) head

Declension

declension of κεφάλι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •
genitive	κεφαλιού •	κεφαλιών •
accusative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •
vocative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •

Synonyms

κεφαλή f (kefalí) (formal)

Derived terms

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

μυαλό (myaló)

References

κεφάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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