χάδι

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek χάδι (khádi), from an earlier χάιδι (kháidi, “caress”) with elimination of the semivowel αι (ai),^[1] from ηχάδιον (ēkhádion, “taking care of, caressing”), a diminutive of ήχος (ḗkhos, “sound, noise, tone”) with metathesis of η (ē) from ηχά (ēkhá) > χάι (chái).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ði/

Noun

χάδι • (chádi) n (plural χάδια)

(literally, figuratively) gentle caress; soft touch

Declension

Declension of **χάδι**
	singular	plural
nominative	χάδι (chádi)	χάδια (chádia)
genitive	χαδιού (chadioú)	χαδιών (chadión)
accusative	χάδι (chádi)	χάδια (chádia)
vocative	χάδι (chádi)	χάδια (chádia)

References

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

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

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

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