αλάτι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἁλάτιν (halátin), from Koine Greek ἁλάτιον (halátion), a diminutive of Ancient Greek ἅλας (hálas), from ἅλς (háls), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare the borrowed doublet άλας (álas) and Mariupol Greek а́лас (álas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈlati]

Noun

αλάτι • (aláti) n (plural αλάτια)

1. common salt, table salt

   μαγειρικό αλάτι ― mageirikó aláti ― cooking salt

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	αλάτι (aláti)	αλάτια (alátia)
genitive	αλατιού (alatioú)	αλατιών (alatión)
accusative	αλάτι (aláti)	αλάτια (alátia)
vocative	αλάτι (aláti)	αλάτια (alátia)

Coordinate terms

• παστός (pastós, “salted, preserved with salt, corned”)
• άλας (álas, “chemical salt”) (product of neutralisation)

Derived terms

• άλατα f (álata, “salt”)
• αλάτινος (alátinos, “salty, salt, saline”)
• αλάτισμα n (alátisma, “preserving with salt”)
• αλατένιος (alaténios, “saline”)
• αλατίζω (alatízo, “to preserve with salt”)
• αλατίστρα f (alatístra, “place to feed animals salt”)
• αλαταριά f (alatariá, “salt lick, place to feed animals salt”)
• αλατερός (alaterós, “salty, over salted”)
• αλατιέρα f (alatiéra, “salt cellar, saltshaker”)
• αλατισμένος (alatisménos, “salted, salty”)
• αλατιστός (alatistós, “salted, preserved with salt”)
• αλατο- (alato-), αλατό- (alató-, “related to salt”)
• αλατοειδής (alatoeidís, “saltlike”)
• αλατόνερο n (alatónero, “salt water”)
• αλατοπίπερο n (alatopípero, “salt and pepper”)
• αλαταποθήκη f (alatapothíki, “salt store”)
• αλατοποιείο n (alatopoieío, “salt works”)
• αλατοπιπερώνω (alatopiperóno, “to season”)
• αλατοφόρος (alatofóros, “salty, salt bearing”)
• αλατούχος (alatoúchos, “salted, saline”)
• αλατωρυχείο n (alatorycheío, “salt pan, salt mine”)
• αλατωρύχος m (alatorýchos, “salt worker, salt miner”)

 

Related terms

• see: αλμυρός (almyrós, “salty”)

Further reading

• αλάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el