ζωντανός

Greek

Etymology

From stem ζωντ- of the indeclinable medieval participle Byzantine Greek ζῶντα from ancient participle ζῶν of verb ζῶ ().[1] With suffix -ανός for adjectives.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zon.daˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: ζω‧ντα‧νός

Adjective

ζωντανός (zontanós) m (feminine ζωντανή, neuter ζωντανό)

  1. alive, living
  2. (figuratively) lively

Declension

  • ζωντανά (zontaná, adverb)
  • ζωντάνεμα n (zontánema, reviving)
  • ζωντανεύω (zontanévo, come/bring to life)
  • ζωντάνια f (zontánia, being lively)
  • ζωντανό n (zontanó, animal) (colloquial)
  • ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, animal, figuratively: derogatory) (colloquial)
  • ζωντοχήρος m (zontochíros, divorced man), feminine: ζωντοχήρα (zontochíra) (informal)

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References

  1. ζωντανός in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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