καλέμι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos)), whence modern Turkish kalem. Doublet of κάλαμος (kálamos) and καλάμι (kalámi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈle.mi/

Noun

καλέμι • (kalémi) n (plural καλέμια)

1. cold chisel

Declension

Declension of καλέμι

	singular	plural
nominative	καλέμι (kalémi)	καλέμια (kalémia)
genitive	καλεμιού (kalemioú)	καλεμιών (kalemión)
accusative	καλέμι (kalémi)	καλέμια (kalémia)
vocative	καλέμι (kalémi)	καλέμια (kalémia)

Further reading

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