χαμομήλι

Greek

Alternative forms

χαμόμηλο n (chamómilo) (less common)
χαμαίμηλον n (chamaímilon) (the Hellenistic word, used ironically)

Etymology

From unattested diminutive form *χαμομήλιον of the Medieval Byzantine Greek χαμόμηλ(ον) (khamómēl(on)) + -ιον (-ion), from Koine Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) (> χάμ(ω) (chám(o)) + -ο- (-o-) > χαμο- (chamo-) + μῆλον (mêlon, “fruit, apple”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.moˈmi.li/
Hyphenation: χα‧μο‧μή‧λι

Noun

χαμομήλι • (chamomíli) n (plural χαμομήλια)

camomile (plant, dried plant and infusion)

Declension

declension of χαμομήλι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	χαμομήλι •	χαμομήλια •
genitive	χαμομηλιού •	χαμομηλιών •
accusative	χαμομήλι •	χαμομήλια •
vocative	χαμομήλι •	χαμομήλια •

References

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

Further reading

χαμομήλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.