τυρί
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek τυρίν (turín, “cheese”), from Ancient Greek τυρίον (turíon); diminutive of τυρός (turós, “cheese”), from Proto-Hellenic *tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂-ró-s, from *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Cognate with Mariupol Greek тыри́ (tyrí).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]τυρί • (tyrí) n (plural τυριά)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | τυρί (tyrí) | τυριά (tyriá) |
genitive | τυριού (tyrioú) | τυριών (tyrión) |
accusative | τυρί (tyrí) | τυριά (tyriá) |
vocative | τυρί (tyrí) | τυριά (tyriá) |
Derived terms
[edit]- ανθότυρο n (anthótyro, “cream cheese”)
- τριμμένο τυρί n (trimméno tyrí, “grated cheese”)
- Τυρινή f (Tyriní, “Sunday before Lent”)
- Τυροφάγος f (Tyrofágos, “Sunday before Lent”)
- τυρέμπορος m (tyrémporos, “cheese merchant”)
- τυριέρα f (tyriéra, “cheese plate”)
- τυροκαυτερή f (tyrokafterí, “cheese and onion salad”)
- τυροκομία f (tyrokomía, “cheese making”)
- τυροκομείο n (tyrokomeío, “dairy”)
- τυροκομικός (tyrokomikós, “dairy, cheese, cheese-making”) (adjective)
- τυροκομώ (tyrokomó, “to make cheese”)
- τυροκόμος m or f (tyrokómos, “cheesemaker”)
- τυροπιτάδικο n (tyropitádiko, “cheese pie shop”)
- τυρόγαλα f (tyrógala, “whey”)
- τυρόγαλο n (tyrógalo, “whey”)
- τυρόπηγμα n (tyrópigma, “curd”)
- τυρόπιτα f (tyrópita, “cheese pie”)
- τυρόφιλος m (tyrófilos, “cheese-lover”)
- Κυριακή της Τυροφάγου f (Kyriakí tis Tyrofágou, “Sunday before Lent”)
Further reading
[edit]- τυρί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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