"χείλι" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈçili/
Etymology: From the plural χείλη (cheíli) of χείλος (cheílos) with a suffix -α > χείλια (cheília) in analogy to plurals such as στήθη (stíthi) ~ στήθια (stíthia, “breasts”). Or from a medieval Byzantine Greek χείλιν (kheílin) / ἀχείλιν (akheílin) with resyllabizing the phrase ἔν ἀχείλιν (én akheílin, “a lip”) to ἔνα χείλιν (éna kheílin), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos) Etymology templates: {{lang|el|-α}} -α, {{inh|el|gkm|χείλιν}} Byzantine Greek χείλιν (kheílin), {{inh|el|grc|χεῖλος}} Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|χείλια|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} χείλι • (cheíli) n (plural χείλια), {{el-noun|n|χείλια}} χείλι • (cheíli) n (plural χείλια) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|χείλι|χείλια|χειλιού|χειλιών|χείλι|χείλια|χείλι|χείλια|note=}} Forms: cheíli [romanization], χείλια [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], χείλι [nominative, singular], χείλια [nominative, plural], χειλιού [genitive, singular], χειλιών [genitive, plural], χείλι [accusative, singular], χείλια [accusative, plural], χείλι [singular, vocative], χείλια [plural, vocative]
  1. less formal form of χείλος (cheílos) lip (of the mouth. Usually in plural) Tags: form-of, informal Form of: χείλος (extra: (cheílos) lip (of the mouth. Usually in plural)) Synonyms: αχείλι (acheíli) [neuter, vernacular], χεῖλο (kheîlo) (english: in poetry) [dated, neuter, vernacular], χείλος (cheílos) (english: lip; labia) [formal, neuter] [medicine, sciences] Derived forms: χειλάκι (cheiláki) [diminutive, neuter], χειλάρες (cheiláres) [augmentative, neuter, plural, usually], γελάει το χείλι μου (geláei to cheíli mou) (english: (literally: my lip smiles) I am happy), and see expressions with χείλος, with χείλη Related terms: atχείλος

Inflected forms

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