"ξηρά" meaning in Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /ksiˈɾa/ Forms: xirá [romanization]
Etymology: Inflectional form, learnedly, from Ancient Greek ξηρά (xērá), feminine adjective of ξηρός (xērós). Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|ξηρά}} Ancient Greek ξηρά (xērá) Head templates: {{head|el|adjf}} ξηρά • (xirá)
  1. (formal) nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of ξηρός (xirós), formal or dated variant of of ξηρή (xirí) Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, formal, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: ξηρός (extra: (xirós), formal or dated variant of of ξηρή (xirí))
    Sense id: en-ξηρά-el-adj-es7x6a-B Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 6 6 14 25 19 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 7 6 15 25 19 9 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 61 29 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

IPA: /ksiˈɾa/ Forms: xirá [romanization]
Etymology: Inflectional form. Head templates: {{head|el|adjf}} ξηρά • (xirá)
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of ξηρός (xirós) Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: ξηρός (extra: xirós)
    Sense id: en-ξηρά-el-adj-MPiW0zxd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ksiˈɾa/ Forms: xirá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ξηρά [nominative, singular], ξηράς [genitive, singular], ξηρά [accusative, singular], ξηρά [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ξηρά (xērá), by ellipsis of the noun γῆ (gê), "dry land", substantivised feminine of the adjective ξηρός (xērós). Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|ξηρά}} Ancient Greek ξηρά (xērá) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} ξηρά • (xirá) f, {{el-noun|f}} ξηρά • (xirá) f Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|ξηρά|ξηράς|ξηρά|ξηρά|note=}}
  1. land (not sea) Synonyms: στεριά (steriá) [feminine] Derived forms: στρατός ξηράς (stratós xirás) [masculine]
    Sense id: en-ξηρά-el-noun-C17moN7u Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'Λεμονιά'
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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