αγυιά

Greek

Alternative forms

ἀγυιά f (ἀgyiá) ((Katharevousa) in polytonic script)

Etymology

Inherited from Katharevousa ἀγυιά (ἀgyiá). Τhe ancient ᾰ̓́γυιᾰ (águia) (rarely found as ᾰ̓γυιᾱ́) revived in the 19th century to substitute the demotic σοκάκι (sokáki) which was a Turkish loanword.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ʝi.ˈa/
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Hyphenation: α‧γυι‧ά
Compare to paronyms άγια (“holy”) /ˈa.ʝi.a/ & /ˈa.ʝa/

Noun

αγυιά • (agyiá) f (plural αγυιές)

(formal, archaic, often sarcastic) lane, back street, side street (small and narrow street or alley)
ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (Katharevousa set phrase)
aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás
everywhere, up every byroad
(literally, “by the roads and lanes”)

Declension

declension of αγυιά

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	αγυιά •	αγυιές •
genitive	αγυιάς •	αγυιών •
accusative	αγυιά •	αγυιές •
vocative	αγυιά •	αγυιές •

Synonyms

δρόμος m (drómos, “street”)
σοκάκι n (sokáki, “back street, alley”)
and see: οδός f (odós, “street”, formal)

Derived terms

ανά τας οδούς και τας αγυιάς (aná tas odoús kai tas agyiás) (Katharevousa)
ανά τας ρύμας και τας αγυιάς (aná tas rýmas kai tas agyiás) (Katharevousa)

Related terms

αγυιόπαις m (agyiópais, “street urchin”) (Katharevousa)
αγυιόπαιδο n (agyiópaido, “street urchin”)

References

Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “αγυιά”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.

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