γυαλί

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos). Doublet of ύαλος (ýalos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʝaˈli/
Hyphenation: γυα‧λί

Noun

γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)

glass (material)
shard, glass fragment
(colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
(in the plural) glasses, spectacles
(rare, figuratively) glass for wine

Declension

Declension of **γυαλί**
	singular	plural
nominative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)
genitive	γυαλιού (gyalioú)	γυαλιών (gyalión)
accusative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)
vocative	γυαλί (gyalí)	γυαλιά (gyaliá)

Synonyms

ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)

Coordinate terms

ποτήρι n (potíri, “glass, drinking vessel”)
τζάμι n (tzámi, “glazing, window glass”)

Derived terms

γυάλα f (gyála, “bowl, neonatal incubator”)
γυαλάκιας m (gyalákias, “four-eyed”)
γυαλιά n pl (gyaliá, “spectacles, glasses”)
γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou, “sunglasses”)
γυαλίζω (gyalízo, “to polish”)
γυάλινος (gyálinos, “glass, glazed”)

Further reading

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