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πρόταση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρότᾰσῐς (prótasis), with semantic loan from French proposition in the grammatical sense.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾo.ta.si/
  • Hyphenation: πρό‧τα‧ση
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Noun

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πρόταση (prótasif (plural προτάσεις)

  1. (grammar) sentence, clause, proposition
    κύρια πρότασηkýria prótasimain clause, independent clause
    δευτερεύουσα πρότασηdefterévousa prótasisubordinate clause
  2. proposal, proposition (something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance)
    Synonym: εισήγηση (eisígisi)
  3. motion (formal request put to a court, meeting, parliament, etc.)

Declension

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Declension of πρόταση
singular plural
nominative πρόταση (prótasi) προτάσεις (protáseis)
genitive πρότασης (prótasis) προτάσεων (protáseon)
accusative πρόταση (prótasi) προτάσεις (protáseis)
vocative πρόταση (prótasi) προτάσεις (protáseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: προτάσεως (protáseos)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ πρόταση, 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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