χείλι

Greek

Alternative forms

  • αχείλι n (acheíli) (vernacular)
  • χεῖλο n (cheῖlo) (dated vernacular, in poetry)[1]
  • χείλος n (cheílos, lip; labia) (formal; medicine)

Etymology

From the plural χείλη (cheíli) of χείλος (cheílos) with a suffix > χείλια (cheília) in analogy to plurals such as στήθη (stíthi) ~ στήθια (stíthia, breasts).[2]

Or from a medieval Byzantine Greek χείλιν (kheílin) / ἀχείλιν (akheílin) with resyllabizing the phrase ἔν ἀχείλιν (én akheílin, a lip) to ἔνα χείλιν (éna kheílin), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos)[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçili/
  • Hyphenation: χεί‧λι
  • Homophone: χείλη (cheíli)

Noun

χείλι (cheíli) n (plural χείλια) and second plural: τα χείλη from χείλος

  1. less formal form of χείλος (cheílos) lip (of the mouth. Usually in plural)
    Βάφω τα χείλια μου με κόκκινο κραγιόν.
    Váfo ta cheília mou me kókkino kragión.
    I put red lipstick on my lips.

Declension

With plural: χείλια

Derived terms

  • χειλάκι n (cheiláki) (diminutive)
  • χειλάρες n pl (cheiláres) (augmentative, usually in plural)

Expressions:

References

  1. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
  2. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), χείλι”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
  3. χείλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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