αυλή
See also: αὐλή
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ).
Compare Mariupol Greek авлы́ (avlý).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvli/
Noun
αυλή • (avlí) f (plural αυλές)
- courtyard
- Synonym: προαύλιο (proávlio)
- back garden, backyard
- court, courtiers (those near and working for a monarch)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αυλή (avlí) | αυλές (avlés) |
| genitive | αυλής (avlís) | αυλών (avlón) |
| accusative | αυλή (avlí) | αυλές (avlés) |
| vocative | αυλή (avlí) | αυλές (avlés) |
Related terms
- αυλαρχείο n (avlarcheío, “chamberlain's office”)
- αυλάρχης m (avlárchis, “chamberlain”)
- αυλαρχία f (avlarchía, “chamberlainship”)
- αυλικός (avlikós, “of the court”, adjective)
- αυλόγυρος m (avlógyros, “courtyard wall”)
- αυλόδουλος (avlódoulos, “slavish, toadying”, adjective)
- αυλόθυρα f (avlóthyra, “gate”)
- αυλοκόλακας m (avlokólakas, “toady, sycophant”)
- αυλοκολακεία f (avlokolakeía, “flattery”)
- αυλόπορτα f (avlóporta, “gate”)
Further reading
- “αυλή”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
- αυλή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language