γυαλί

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos). Doublet of ύαλος (ýalos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈli/
• Hyphenation: γυα‧λί

Noun

γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)

1. glass (material)
2. shard, glass fragment
3. (colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
4. (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
5. (rare, figuratively) glass for wine

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)
genitive	γυαλιού (gyalioú)	γυαλιών (gyalión)
accusative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)
vocative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)

Synonyms

• ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)

Coordinate terms

• ποτήρι n (potíri, “glass, drinking vessel”)
• τζάμι n (tzámi, “glazing, window glass”)

Derived terms

• γυάλα f (gyála, “bowl, neonatal incubator”)
• γυαλάκιας m (gyalákias, “four-eyed”)
• γυαλιά n pl (gyaliá, “spectacles, glasses”)
• γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou, “sunglasses”)
• γυάλινος (gyálinos, “glass, glazed”)
• γυαλίζω (gyalízo, “to polish”)

Further reading

• γυαλί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language