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αντρά
man / husband (as called out to, e.g. "my man!") /anˈdra/
nounB2#2864 most common
Also: husband, guy
Example sentences
Αντρά, έλα δω!
Man, come here!
Αντρά μου, πεινάω.
My man, I'm hungry.
Αντρά μου, τι κάνεις απόψε;
My man, what are you doing tonight?
«Αντρά μου, μη φεύγεις», του είπε κλαίγοντας.
"Don't leave, my man," she told him, crying.
Στο δημοτικό τραγούδι, η κόρη φωνάζει «αντρά μου» στον αγαπημένο της που φεύγει για την ξενιτιά.
In the folk song, the girl calls out to her beloved, who is leaving for foreign lands, as "my man".
Στις κρητικές μαντινάδες συχνά ακούγεται η κλητική «αντρά» με τόνο στη λήγουσα, μορφή που δεν απαντά στην κοινή νεοελληνική.
In Cretan mantinádes, the vocative "αντρά", stressed on the last syllable, a form not found in standard Modern Greek, is often heard.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ο άντρας | οι άντρες |
| Genitive | του άντρα | των αντρών |
| Accusative | τον άντρα | τους άντρες |
| Vocative | άντρα (dial. αντρά) | άντρες |
Word family
άντραςman, husband
αντρειά / ανδρείαbravery, valor
αντρικόςmanly, maleαντρόγυνοmarried couple
ανδριάνταςstatue of a man
Etymology
The word goes back to Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anḗr, andrós), meaning man. The stem ανδρ- softened to αντρ- in everyday speech, a common shift in Greek where nd simplifies to nt. The form αντρά, with stress on the last syllable, reflects a dialectal and song-register habit of shifting the stress, heard especially in Cretan and other folk speech.
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