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κάθισμα
seat /ˈkaθizma/
nounB1#1932 most common
Also: chair (cinema/theater sense), kathisma (a hymn or Psalter section sung while seated, in Orthodox liturgy)
Example sentences
Το κάθισμα είναι άδειο.
The seat is empty.
Κάθισε στο κάθισμά σου.
Sit in your seat.
Το λεωφορείο είχε ελεύθερα καθίσματα.
The bus had free seats.
Δέσε τη ζώνη ασφαλείας στο κάθισμά σου.
Fasten your seatbelt in your seat.
Το παιδικό κάθισμα αυτοκινήτου είναι υποχρεωτικό για τα μικρά παιδιά.
The child car seat is mandatory for small children.
Στο θέατρο, τα καθίσματα της πρώτης σειράς κοστίζουν περισσότερο.
In the theater, the seats in the first row cost more.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κάθισμα | καθίσματα |
| Genitive | καθίσματος | καθισμάτων |
| Accusative | κάθισμα | καθίσματα |
| Vocative | κάθισμα | καθίσματα |
Word family
κάθομαιto sitκαθίζωto seat, to sit down
καθιστόςseated
καθιστικόsitting room, living room
καθισιάa long stretch of sitting
Etymology
Κάθισμα comes from the verb καθίζω, meaning to sit down or to seat someone. Καθίζω is built from κατά, meaning down, plus ἵζω, an old causative verb meaning to make sit. Adding the suffix -μα, which forms nouns naming the result of an action, turns the sitting-down into the thing you sit on: a seat.
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