"κεφάλι" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ceˈfa.li/
Etymology: Inherited from Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), from Hellenistic Koine Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”), diminutive of the Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Doublet of κεφαλή (kefalí). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|el|gkm|κεφάλιν|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), {{inh+|el|gkm|κεφάλιν}} Inherited from Byzantine Greek κεφάλιν (kephálin), {{inh|el|grc-koi|κεφάλιον||little head}} Koine Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”), {{inh|el|grc|κεφαλή}} Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ), {{der|el|ine-pro|*gʰebʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-, {{doublet|el|κεφαλή}} Doublet of κεφαλή (kefalí) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|κεφάλια|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια), {{el-noun|n|κεφάλια}} κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|κεφάλι|κεφάλια|κεφαλιού|κεφαλιών|κεφάλι|κεφάλια|κεφάλι|κεφάλια|note=}} Forms: kefáli [romanization], κεφάλια [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], κεφάλι [nominative, singular], κεφάλια [nominative, plural], κεφαλιού [genitive, singular], κεφαλιών [genitive, plural], κεφάλι [accusative, singular], κεφάλια [accusative, plural], κεφάλι [singular, vocative], κεφάλια [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) head Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: κεφαλή (kefalí) [feminine, formal] Derived forms: πονοκέφαλος (ponokéfalos) (english: headache) [masculine], κεφάλα (kefála) (english: bighead) [feminine], κεφαλάρι (kefalári) (english: headrest, pillow, etc) [neuter], κεφαλιά (kefaliá) (english: header) [feminine], κέφαλος (kéfalos) (english: mullet) [masculine], περικεφαλαία (perikefalaía) (english: helmet) [feminine], κεφαλόδεσμος (kefalódesmos) (english: headband) [masculine], κεφαλοκλείδωμα (kefalokleídoma) (english: stranglehold) [neuter], κάνω του κεφαλιού μου (káno tou kefalioú mou) (english: to do whatever one wants; to do of one's head) [literally] Related terms: μυαλό (myaló)

Inflected forms

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}

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