μαύρος
See also: μαυρός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós), μαῦρος (maûros, “dark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.vɾos/
- Hyphenation: μαύ‧ρος
Adjective
Usage notes
On degrees:
- Monolectic degrees of comparison of μαύρος (and adjectives for colour) are rare and spurious. The following obsolete forms, mostly dialectal, are found in proverbs and books of the 19th century:
- μαυρότερος (more black), μαυρότατος (most, very black).
- Comparative: μαυρύτερος (in analogy to μεγαλύτερος)
- Comparative: μαυρήτερος
- Superlative is best formed with intensifiers: κατα- (kata-) (κατάμαυρος) & the rare παν- (pan-) (πάμμαυρος).
- The degrees of synonym μελανός (melanós) serve as substitutes: μελανότερος (melanóteros), μελανότατος (melanótatos).
Declension
Declension of μαύρος
| number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | μαύρος • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύροι • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
| genitive | μαύρου • | μαύρης • | μαύρου • | μαύρων • | μαύρων • | μαύρων • |
| accusative | μαύρο • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύρους • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
| vocative | μαύρε • | μαύρη • | μαύρο • | μαύροι • | μαύρες • | μαύρα • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μαύρος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μαύρος, etc.) | |||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ασπρόμαυρος (asprómavros, “black-and-white”)
- κατάμαυρος (katámavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- μαυρίζω (mavrízo, “to blacken, to suntan”)
- μαυρισμένος (mavrisménos, “blackened”)
- μαύρο μάτι n (mávro máti, “blackeye”)
- μαύρο n (mávro, “black”, noun)
- μαυρώνω (mavróno, “to char”)
- ολόμαυρος (olómavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- πάμμαυρος (pámmavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
Related terms
- αμαυρός (amavrós, “dull, opaque”, adjective)
Further reading
- μαύρος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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