ψες

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ψές (psés), from Ancient Greek ὀψέ (opsé, “late in the evening”) formed as ὀψές < ψες[1] influenced paretymologically by χθές (khthés) > χθες (chthes).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpses/

Adverb

ψες • (pses)

  1. (colloquial, folksy, literary) Alternative form of εψές (epsés): χτες (chtes, “yesterday”)
    also ψε (pse)

References
  1. ψες - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ψες - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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