αχτίδα
Greek
Alternative forms
- ακτίδα f (aktída) (relatively common)
- ακτίνα f (aktína) (with some change in meaning)
- αχτίνα f (achtína) (colloquial, with some change in meaning)
Etymology
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Noun
αχτίδα • (achtída) f (plural αχτίδες)
- gleam, ray, glimmer (of light)
- sunbeam
- (figuratively) glimmer, trace
- μια αχτίδα ελπίδας ― mia achtída elpídas ― a glimmer of hope
- (politics) organisational unit within the Communist party
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αχτίδα (achtída) | αχτίδες (achtídes) |
| genitive | αχτίδας (achtídas) | αχτίδων (achtídon) |
| accusative | αχτίδα (achtída) | αχτίδες (achtídes) |
| vocative | αχτίδα (achtída) | αχτίδες (achtídes) |
Related terms
- αχτιδωτός (achtidotós, “spoked, fanned”, adjective)
Further reading
- “αχτίδα”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language