λινάρι

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from the Mediaeval Byzantine Greek λινάριν (linárin), from Hellenistic Koine Greek λινάριον (linárion), diminutive of the ancien λίνον (línon).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liˈna.ɾi/
  • Hyphenation: λι‧νά‧ρι

Noun

λινάρι • (linári) n (plural λινάρια)

  1. (plants) flax (plant and fibres)

Declension
declension of λινάρι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative λινάρι • λινάρια •
genitive λιναριού • λιναριών •
accusative λινάρι • λινάρια •
vocative λινάρι • λινάρια •
  • αγριολινάρι n (agriolinári), αγριολίναρο (agriolínaro)
  • λιναρόσπορος m (linarósporos)
  • ψευδολινάρι n (psevdolinári, “false flax”)
  • and see: λινός (linós, “made of flax, linen”) & λινό n (linó, “linen”)

References
  1. λινάρι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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