έρρινος

Alternative forms

• ἔρρινος (érrhinos) (polytonic)
• ένρινος (énrinos) (monotonic), ἔνρινος (énrinos) (polytonic)

Etymology

From earlier ἔνρινος (énrinos), with regressive assimilation; from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) + -ος (-os).

The phonetic sense is a semantic loan from French nasal.^[1]

The Hellenistic Koine noun ἔρρινον (érrhinon, “sneazing medicine”) is semantically unrelated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri.n.os/
• Hyphenation: έρ‧ρι‧νος

Adjective

έρρινος • (érrinos) m (feminine έρρινη, neuter έρρινο)

1. sound coming from the nasal cavity.

   Η προφορά του είναι πολύ έρρινη

   I proforá tou eínai polý érrini

   His accent is very nasal.

2. (phonetics, phonology) nasal

   τα έρρινα σύμφωνα μι και νι ― ta érrina sýmfona mi kai ni ― the nasal consonants mu and nu

References

Further reading

• Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
• εν- in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
• Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre