καλάι
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالای (kalay, “tin”) (Turkish kalay), from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]καλάι • (kalái) n (indeclinable)
- solder, alloy of tin and (traditionally) lead used to mend, coat, or join –typically small– metal objects.
Declension
[edit]Genitive is rare. Metalls, usually in the singular.
Related terms
[edit]- καλαϊτζής m (kalaïtzís, “tinkerer”)
See also
[edit]- κασσίτερος m (kassíteros, “tin”)
- κασσιτεροκόλληση f (kassiterokóllisi, “soldering”)
- κολλητήρι n (kollitíri, “soldering iron”)
Further reading
[edit]- καλάι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- καλάι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language