πρωί

See also: πρωΐ and πρῶϊ

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ), from Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ, “in the morning”),[1] an adverb reanalysed as a neuter noun. The inflected forms properly belong to the adjective πρωινός (proïnós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈi/
  • Hyphenation: πρω‧ί

Noun

πρωί • (proḯ) n (plural πρωινά)

  1. morning
    Synonym: πρωινό (proïnó) Also, πρωία (proḯa) (ironic or Katharevousa)

Declension


Irregular, with genitive singular and plural, from synonym πρωινό(proïnó).
A rare, literary genitive singular: του(tou) πρωιού(proïoú).
Declension of πρωί
singular plural
nominative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)
genitive πρωινού (proïnoú) πρωινών (proïnón)
accusative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)
vocative πρωί (proḯ) πρωινά (proïná)

Coordinate terms

  • αποταχύ (apotachý, “early in the morning”, adverb) (rare, literary)

Derived terms

  • βράδυ πρωί (vrády proḯ, “night and day”)
  • η καλή μέρα απ’ το πρωί φαίνεται (i kalí méra ap’ to proḯ faínetai)
  • πρωί πρωί (proḯ proḯ, “too early in the morning”)

References

  1. ^ πρωί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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