"νησί" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From Byzantine Greek νησίν (nēsín), from Koine Greek νησίον (nēsíon), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos). Doublet of νήσος (nísos). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|νησίν}} Byzantine Greek νησίν (nēsín), {{inh|el|grc-koi|νησίον}} Koine Greek νησίον (nēsíon), {{inh|el|grc|νῆσος}} Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos), {{doublet|el|νήσος}} Doublet of νήσος (nísos) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|νησιά|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} νησί • (nisí) n (plural νησιά), {{el-noun|n|νησιά}} νησί • (nisí) n (plural νησιά) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|νησί|νησιά|νησιού|νησιών|νησί|νησιά|νησί|νησιά|note=}} Forms: nisí [romanization], νησιά [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], νησί [nominative, singular], νησιά [nominative, plural], νησιού [genitive, singular], νησιών [genitive, plural], νησί [accusative, singular], νησιά [accusative, plural], νησί [singular, vocative], νησιά [plural, vocative], νήσος [alternative]
  1. (geography) island Derived forms: Δωδεκάνησα (Dodekánisa) (english: Dodecanese) [neuter, plural], Επτάνησα (Eptánisa) (english: Ionian Islands) [neuter, plural]

Inflected forms

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      "source": "declension",
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}

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