σειρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σειρή (seirḗ) Ionic
  • σηρᾱ́ (sērā́) Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (to grab, seize, enclose).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σειρᾱ́ (seirā́) f (genitive σειρᾶς); first declension

  1. cord, rope

Declension

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

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σειρά (seirá). The sense “TV series” is a semantic loan from French série or from English serial.

Noun

σειρά (seirá) f (plural σειρές)

  1. class (military; persons subject to the same intake)
  2. line (of text)
  3. order (arrangement, disposition, sequence; the state of being well arranged)
    αλφαβητική σειράalfavitikí seiráalphabetical order
  4. turn
    Είναι η σειρά μου να μιλήσω.Eínai i seirá mou na milíso.It's my turn to speak.
  5. series; serial; TV series
    Synonym: σήριαλ (sírial)

Declension

Further reading

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