Μάιος

See also: Μάϊος

Greek

Alternative forms
  • Μάης m (Máis) (colloquial or less formal, literary)

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin Māius.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.i.os/
  • Hyphenation: Μά‧ι‧ος

Proper noun

Μάιος • (Máios) m (plural Μάιοι)

  1. May

Declension
declension of Μάιος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative Μάιος • Μάιοι •
genitive Μαΐου • Μαΐων •
accusative Μάιο • Μαΐους •
vocative Μάιε • Μάιοι •
Genitive plural:Μαΐων is also used to express, mostly in an ironic manner, the age of an old lady

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Crimean Tatar: mayıs
  • →? Romanian: mai (also partially via Slavic)
  • → Turkish: mayıs

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

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