"ξερός" meaning in Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /kseˈɾos/
Etymology: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξερός (xerós), from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós), with shift -ηρ- (-ēr-) > -ερ- (-er-). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|el|gkm|ξερός|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Byzantine Greek ξερός (xerós), {{inh+|el|gkm|ξερός}} Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξερός (xerós), {{der|el|grc|ξηρός}} Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós) Head templates: {{head|el|adjective|feminine|ξερή|||||neuter|ξερό|||g=m|head=|sort=}} ξερός • (xerós) m (feminine ξερή, neuter ξερό), {{el-adj|f=ξερή|n=ξερό}} ξερός • (xerós) m (feminine ξερή, neuter ξερό) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-adj|dec=ός-ή-ό|stem=ξερ}}, {{el-decl-adj-a|abstem=|compstem=|dec=ός-ή-ό|docnote=|form=|lemma=|nocat=|nopio=|part=|posnote=|stem=ξερ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-positive|dec=ός-ή-ό|form=|header=Declension of ξερός|note=|pionote=Comparative: <i class="Grek mention" lang="el">πιο</i> + positive forms (e.g. πιο ξερός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ξερός, etc.)|stem=ξερ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-ός-ή-ό|form=|stem=ξερ|stem2=}}, {{el-decl-adj-table|ξερός (xerós)|ξερή (xerí)|ξερό (xeró)|ξεροί (xeroí)|ξερές (xerés)|ξερά (xerá)|ξερού (xeroú)|ξερής (xerís)|ξερού (xeroú)|ξερών (xerón)|ξερών (xerón)|ξερών (xerón)|ξερό (xeró)|ξερή (xerí)|ξερό (xeró)|ξερούς (xeroús)|ξερές (xerés)|ξερά (xerá)|ξερέ (xeré)|ξερή (xerí)|ξερό (xeró)|ξεροί (xeroí)|ξερές (xerés)|ξερά (xerá)}} Forms: xerós [romanization], ξερή [feminine], ξερό [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ξερός [masculine, nominative, singular], ξερή [feminine, nominative, singular], ξερό [neuter, nominative, singular], ξεροί [masculine, nominative, plural], ξερές [feminine, nominative, plural], ξερά [neuter, nominative, plural], ξερού [genitive, masculine, singular], ξερής [feminine, genitive, singular], ξερού [genitive, neuter, singular], ξερών [genitive, masculine, plural], ξερών [feminine, genitive, plural], ξερών [genitive, neuter, plural], ξερό [accusative, masculine, singular], ξερή [accusative, feminine, singular], ξερό [accusative, neuter, singular], ξερούς [accusative, masculine, plural], ξερές [accusative, feminine, plural], ξερά [accusative, neuter, plural], ξερέ [masculine, singular, vocative], ξερή [feminine, singular, vocative], ξερό [neuter, singular, vocative], ξεροί [masculine, plural, vocative], ξερές [feminine, plural, vocative], ξερά [neuter, plural, vocative], ξηρός [alternative]
  1. dry, dried, arid
    Sense id: en-ξερός-el-adj-WD7-EyCC Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 4 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 2 37 0
  2. dry, not sweet
    Sense id: en-ξερός-el-adj-zGoi27NU Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 4 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 2 37 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 52 1 26 0
  3. dry, laconic, perfunctory
    Sense id: en-ξερός-el-adj-3lq6IF8k
  4. (figuratively) incapacitated, unconscious Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ξερός-el-adj-CLzYhHcZ Categories (other): Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό: 22 15 14 36 14 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 4 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 2 37 0
  5. (figuratively) dead Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ξερός-el-adj-KKOl6B0e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: άβρεχτος (ávrechtos) (english: not wet, dry), άβροχος (ávrochos) (english: rainless), ανάβροχος (anávrochos) (english: rainless, dry), άνομβρος (ánomvros) (english: rainless), ανότιστος (anótistos) (english: unwatered), άνυδρος (ánydros) (english: arid, anhydrous), ξηρός (xirós) (english: dry, arid), στεγνός (stegnós) (english: dry, dull) Related terms: ξεραίνομαι (xeraínomai) (english: to become dry) [verb], ξεραίνω (xeraíno) (english: to dry (something)) [verb]

Inflected forms

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      "english": "to become dry",
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          "english": "the climate is very dry",
          "roman": "to klíma eínai polý xeró",
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      "roman": "ávrechtos",
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    {
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      "roman": "stegnós",
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      "english": "to become dry",
      "roman": "xeraínomai",
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      "word": "ξεραίνομαι"
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          "english": "the climate is very dry",
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          "english": "prune, dried plum",
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          "english": "dry wine",
          "roman": "xeró krasí",
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        "dry, not sweet"
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          "english": "I said a dry ‘good morning’",
          "roman": "mou eípe éna xeró ‹kaliméra›",
          "text": "μου είπε ένα ξερό ‹καλημέρα›",
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      "glosses": [
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          "incapacitated"
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      "ipa": "/kseˈɾos/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "not wet, dry",
      "roman": "ávrechtos",
      "word": "άβρεχτος"
    },
    {
      "english": "rainless",
      "roman": "ávrochos",
      "word": "άβροχος"
    },
    {
      "english": "rainless, dry",
      "roman": "anávrochos",
      "word": "ανάβροχος"
    },
    {
      "english": "rainless",
      "roman": "ánomvros",
      "word": "άνομβρος"
    },
    {
      "english": "unwatered",
      "roman": "anótistos",
      "word": "ανότιστος"
    },
    {
      "english": "arid, anhydrous",
      "roman": "ánydros",
      "word": "άνυδρος"
    },
    {
      "english": "dry, arid",
      "roman": "xirós",
      "word": "ξηρός"
    },
    {
      "english": "dry, dull",
      "roman": "stegnós",
      "word": "στεγνός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ξερός"
}

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