γλέντι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish eğlenti, with removal of initial vowel and stress placement on -έν- producing a noun-verb pair γλέντι (glénti) / γλεντώ (glentó) that mirrors κυνήγι (kynígi, “hunt, chase”, noun) / κυνηγώ (kynigó, “to hunt, to chase”, verb).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlen.di/, /ˈɣle.di/
  • Hyphenation: γλέ‧ντι

Noun

γλέντι • (glénti) n (plural γλέντια, diminutive γλεντάκι)

  1. party, carousal, celebration, revelry, shindig, spree (festive social gathering with drinking)

Declension
declension of γλέντι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative γλέντι • γλέντια •
genitive γλεντιού • γλεντιών •
accusative γλέντι • γλέντια •
vocative γλέντι • γλέντια •

References
  1. γλέντι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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