μάτι

See also: mati, Mati, mäti, matí, and māti

Greek

Etymology

From Medieval Greek μάτιν (mátin) which is in turn from the Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmati]
Hyphenation: μά‧τι

Noun

μάτι • (máti) n (plural μάτια)

(anatomy, biology) eye
(figuratively) burner (element on a kitchen stove)

Declension

declension of μάτι

	singular	plural
nominative	μάτι •	μάτια •
genitive	ματιού •	ματιών •
accusative	μάτι •	μάτια •
vocative	μάτι •	μάτια •

Synonyms

(anatomy): οφθαλμός m (ofthalmós) (medical term)

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms

βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, “eyelash”)
βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, “eyelid”)

κόπιτσα f (kópitsa, “hook and eye”)

Related terms

Terms related to μάτι

αμάτιαστος (amátiastos, “not casting or affected by the evil eye”)
καλύπτρα ματιού f (kalýptra matioú, “eye patch”)
ματάκι (matáki)
ματάκιας m (matákias, “peeping Tom”)
ματάρα (matára)
ματιά f (matiá, “look, glance”)

ματιάζω (matiázo, “to casting the evil eye”)
μάτια μου (mátia mou, “darling, my dearest”)
μάτιασμα n (mátiasma, “the evil eye”)
ματόκλαδο n (matóklado, “eyelash”)
ματοτσίνορο n (matotsínoro, “eyelash”)
σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)

Further reading

μάτι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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