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βλάστηση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλάστησις (blástēsis).[1] By surface analysis, βλάστη- (stem of βλασταίνω (vlastaíno)) +‎ -ση (-si).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvla.sti.si/
  • Hyphenation: βλά‧στη‧ση

Noun

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βλάστηση • (vlástisi) f

  1. vegetation (plants, taken collectively)
  2. vegetation (the act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth)
  3. germination (the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore)

Declension

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Declension of βλάστηση
singular plural
nominative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)
genitive βλάστησης (vlástisis) βλαστήσεων (vlastíseon)
accusative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)
vocative βλάστηση (vlástisi) βλαστήσεις (vlastíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: βλαστήσεως (vlastíseos)

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References

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  1. ^ βλάστηση, 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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