σημασία (simasía)

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About σημασία

As a noun, σημασία is of the feminine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

IPA: simaˈsia
Hyphenation: ση‧μα‧σί‧α

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    (lexicography) meaning, sense (single conventional use of a word)
    Examples:
    • Tο ρήμα «τρέχω» έχει πολλές σημασίες.To ríma «trécho» échei pollés simasíes.
    • The verb “trécho” has many meanings.
  • noun:
    significance, importance, consequence (extent to which something matters)
    Examples:
    • έχει σημασία (échei simasía) — it matters
    • άνευ σημασίας (ánef simasías) — unimportant, meaningless

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeσημασίασημασίες
genitiveσημασίαςσημασιών
accusativeσημασίασημασίες
vocativeσημασίασημασίες

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how σημασία appears in different grammatical contexts.

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Derived Terms

  • δίνω σημασία (díno simasía)"Grek"