μητριά

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μητρυιά (mētruiá)[1] with simplified spelling.[2] Also see πατριός (patriós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi.tɾiˈa/
  • Hyphenation: μη‧τρι‧ά

Noun

μητριά • (mitriá) f (plural μητριές, masculine πατριός)

  1. stepmother (the wife of a biological father who is not the biological mother)

Declension
declension of μητριά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μητριά • μητριές •
genitive μητριάς • μητριών •
accusative μητριά • μητριές •
vocative μητριά • μητριές •

Coordinate terms

References
  1. μητριά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Also, proposed etymological, not simplified spelling at μητρυιά - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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