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αυλή
courtyard /avˈli/
nounB1#1178 most common
Also: yard, royal court, schoolyard
Example sentences
Τα παιδιά παίζουν στην αυλή.
The children are playing in the yard.
Η αυλή μας έχει πολλά λουλούδια.
Our yard has many flowers.
Ο σκύλος κοιμάται στην αυλή του σπιτιού.
The dog sleeps in the yard of the house.
Οι μαθητές συγκεντρώθηκαν στην αυλή του σχολείου για τον εορτασμό.
The students gathered in the schoolyard for the celebration.
Η αυλή του παλατιού ήταν γεμάτη αξιωματούχους που περίμεναν την άφιξη του βασιλιά.
The palace courtyard was full of officials waiting for the king's arrival.
Στα βυζαντινά χρονικά, η αυλή του ανακτόρου αναφέρεται συχνά ως σκηνικό πολιτικών ραδιουργιών.
In Byzantine chronicles, the palace court is often described as the setting for political intrigue.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αυλή | αυλές |
| Genitive | αυλής | αυλών |
| Accusative | αυλή | αυλές |
| Vocative | αυλή | αυλές |
Word family
αυλόγυροςyard wall or fence enclosing a courtyard
αυλόπορταyard gate
προαύλιοforecourt, front yard of a school or church
αύλειοςpertaining to the courtyard (archaic, used in legal phrases like 'αύλειος θύρα', front door)
Etymology
The word comes from Ancient Greek αὐλή, meaning an open space enclosed by walls or buildings, such as a farmyard or the forecourt of a house. Its origin before that point is not settled. Some linguists treat it as a Pre-Greek word, inherited from an earlier language of the region rather than from Indo-European roots. The sense later extended from a physical enclosure to the household or retinue gathered within it, which is how it came to mean a royal court.
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