σβήνω

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Mediaeval Byzantine Greek σβήνω, from Ancient Greek σβέννυμι (sbénnumi) through its aorist 3rd plural ἔσβησαν (ésbēsan) creating the new verb σβήνω in the pattern of ἔλυσα (élusa, (singular) I untied) > modern λύνω (lýno).[1] The proscribed spelling σβύνω (svýno), from a dated etymology through σβεννύω (sbennúō), a variant of σβέννυμι.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzvi.no/
  • Hyphenation: σβή‧νω

Verb

σβήνω (svíno) (past έσβησα, passive σβήνομαι)

  1. put out, extinguish (candle, fire, cigarette)
  2. blow out (candle)
  3. turn off, switch off (light, radio, etc)
  4. erase, rub out (error)
  5. slake, quench (thirst)
  6. stall (car)
  7. (euphemistic) die, expire

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • στο άψε σβήσε (sto ápse svíse, in a flash, adverb)
  • ασβέστης m (asvéstis, lime, quicklime)
  • άσβεστος (ásvestos, inextinguishable; asbestos)
  • σβήσιμο n (svísimo, extinguishing)
  • σβηστήρα f (svistíra, eraser, rubber)
  • σβηστήρι n (svistíri, eraser, rubber)
  • σβηστός (svistós, extinguished)
compounds
  • ακατάσβεστος (akatásvestos, inextinguishable)
  • ακατάσβηστος (akatásvistos, inextinguishable)
  • αναβοσβήνω (anavosvíno, to turn on and off,to flicker)
  • αναπόσβεστος (anapósvestos, still owing, unliquidated)
  • αποσβένω (aposvéno, to erase, to amortize)
  • αργοσβήνω (argosvíno, to extinguish slowly)
  • κατασβένω (katasvéno, to extinguish completely)
  • κατασβήνω (katasvíno, to extinguish completely)
  • πυρόσβεση n (pyrósvesi, firefighting)
  • πυροσβέστης m (pyrosvéstis, fireman)
  • τρεμοσβήνω (tremosvíno, to flicker)

References

  1. σβήνω - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), σβήνω”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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