χαμογελάω

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From χαμογελ(ώ) (chamogel(ó)) + -άω (-áo). Inherited from Byzantine Greek χαμογελῶ. Morphologically, χαμο- (chamo-), here in sense "a little"[1] + γελώ (geló, laugh).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.mo.ʝeˈla.o/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧μo‧γε‧λά‧ω

Verb

χαμογελάω • (chamogeláo) / χαμογελώ (past χαμογέλασα, passive —)

  1. (literally and figuratively) smile
    μου χαμογέλασεmou chamogélase(he/she/it) smiled at me. (gave me a smile)
    Η τύχη μού χαμογέλασεI týchi moú chamogélaseFortune [has] smiled at me. (I was lucky)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • χαμογέλασμα n (chamogélasma, smiling)
  • χαμoγέλιο n (chamogélio, smile) (literary)
  • χαμόγελο n (chamógelo, smile)
  • χαμογελαστά (chamogelastá, smiling, adverb)
  • χαμογελαστός (chamogelastós, smiling, adjective)

References

  1. χαμογελώ - χαμογελάω - 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
  2. χαμογελώ, -άω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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