μυστρί

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek μυστρίον (mustríon), from Ancient Greek μύστον (múston), of unknown derivation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miˈstɾi/
  • Hyphenation: μυ‧στρί

Noun

μυστρί • (mystrí) n (plural μυστριά)

  1. trowel (mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar)
    • 1968, “Η Δουλειά Κάνει Τους Άντρες [Hard Work Makes The Man]”, in Manos Eleutheriou (lyrics), Manos Loïzos (music), Ο σταθμός [The Station], performed by Dimitris Efstathiou:
      Η δουλειά κάνει τους άντρες,
      Το γιαπί, το πηλοφόρι, το μυστρί.
      I douleiá kánei tous ántres,
      To giapí, to pilofóri, to mystrí.
      Hard work makes the man,
      The building site, the mortarboard, the trowel.

Declension
declension of μυστρί
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μυστρί • μυστριά •
genitive μυστριού • μυστριών •
accusative μυστρί • μυστριά •
vocative μυστρί • μυστριά •
  • πηλοφόρι n (pilofóri, “hawk, mortarboard”)
  • σοβάτισμα n (sovátisma, “plastering”)
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