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καλάθι
basket /kaˈlaθi/
nounB2#2455 most common
Also: hamper, basketful
Example sentences
Η μαμά έχει ένα καλάθι με φρούτα.
Mom has a basket of fruit.
Πήρα το καλάθι και πήγα στην αγορά.
I took the basket and went to the market.
Έβαλε τα ψώνια της στο καλάθι πριν πληρώσει.
She put her shopping in the basket before paying.
Το καλάθι με τα αχλάδια ήταν πολύ βαρύ για να το σηκώσω.
The basket of pears was too heavy for me to lift.
Στο χωριό, τα καλάθια πλέκονταν παραδοσιακά από κλαδιά ιτιάς.
In the village, baskets were traditionally woven from willow branches.
Η οικονομική κρίση ανάγκασε πολλές οικογένειες να περιορίσουν το καλάθι της αγοράς τους.
The economic crisis forced many families to cut back on their basket of household goods.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το καλάθι | τα καλάθια |
| Genitive | του καλαθιού | των καλαθιών |
| Accusative | το καλάθι | τα καλάθια |
| Vocative | καλάθι | καλάθια |
Word family
καλαθάκιsmall basket
καλαθιάa basketful
καλαθάςbasket maker or seller
καλαθοσφαίρισηbasketball
καλαθοσφαιριστήςbasketball player
Etymology
Καλάθι descends from ancient Greek κάλαθος (kalathos), a woven basket used for wool, fruit, or offerings. The word appears in Greek from the earliest literary sources and has no secure derivation within Indo-European. Most linguists treat it as a loan from a pre-Greek substrate language spoken in the region before Greek arrived. The modern form adds the neuter diminutive ending -ι, common in everyday nouns.
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