αγυιά
Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀγυιά f (ἀgyiá) ((Katharevousa) in polytonic script)
Etymology
From Katharevousa ἀγυιά. Τhe ancient ᾰ̓́γυιᾰ (águia) (rarely found as ᾰ̓γυιᾱ́) revived in the 19th century to substitute the demotic σοκάκι (sokáki) which was a Turkish loanword.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʝi.ˈa/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: α‧γυι‧ά
- Compare to paronyms άγια (“holy”) /ˈa.ʝi.a/ & /ˈa.ʝa/
Noun
αγυιά • (agyiá) f (plural αγυιές)
- (formal, archaic, often sarcastic) lane, back street, side street (small and narrow street or alley)
- ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς
- aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás
- everywhere, up every byroad
- (literally, “by the roads and lanes -Katharevousa set phrase-”)
Declension
declension of αγυιά
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αγυιά • | αγυιές • |
| genitive | αγυιάς • | αγυιών • |
| accusative | αγυιά • | αγυιές • |
| vocative | αγυιά • | αγυιές • |
Synonyms
- δρόμος m (drómos, “street”)
- σοκάκι n (sokáki, “back street, alley”)
- also see οδός f (odós, “street”) (formal)
Derived terms
- ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás) (Katharevousa)
- ανά τας ρύμας και τας αγυιάς (aná tas rýmas kai tas agyiás) (Katharevousa)
Related terms
- αγυιόπαις m (agyiópais, “street urchin”) (Katharevousa)
- αγυιόπαιδο n (agyiópaido, “street urchin”)
References
- Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre