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ίνα

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See also: -ινα, -ίνα, and ἵνα

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἴνα (ína), accusative of ἴς (ís).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.na/
  • Hyphenation: ί‧να

Noun

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ίνα • (ína) f (plural ίνες)

  1. fibre (UK), fiber (US) (a single elongated piece of a given material)
    οπτική ίνα ― optikí ína ― optical fibre
  2. fibre (UK), fiber (US) (a long tubular cell found in bodily tissue)
    μυϊκή ίνα ― myïkí ína ― muscle fibre

Declension

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Declension of ίνα
singular plural
nominative ίνα (ína) ίνες (ínes)
genitive ίνας (ínas) ινών (inón)
accusative ίνα (ína) ίνες (ínes)
vocative ίνα (ína) ίνες (ínes)
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References

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  1. ^ ίνα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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