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κλήση
call /ˈkli.si/
nounA2#772 most common
Also: summons, (traffic) ticket / citation, calling / vocation
Example sentences
Έχω μία αναπάντητη κλήση.
I have one missed call.
Δεν άκουσα την κλήση σου χθες το βράδυ.
I didn't hear your call last night.
Η κλήση κόπηκε ξαφνικά στη μέση της συζήτησης.
The call dropped suddenly in the middle of the conversation.
Ο αστυνομικός μού έγραψε μια κλήση για παράνομο παρκάρισμα.
The police officer wrote me a ticket for illegal parking.
Έλαβε κλήση να καταθέσει ως μάρτυρας στη δίκη.
He received a summons to testify as a witness at the trial.
Ένιωσε την κλήση της ιεροσύνης ως βαθιά εσωτερική ανάγκη, όχι ως κοινωνική υποχρέωση.
He felt the calling of the priesthood as a deep inner need, not as a social obligation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κλήση | κλήσεις |
| Genitive | κλήσης | κλήσεων |
| Accusative | κλήση | κλήσεις |
| Vocative | κλήση | κλήσεις |
Word family
καλώto callπρόσκλησηinvitation
ανάκλησηrecall, revocation
κάλεσμαcall, summons, invitation
κλητικήthe vocative (case)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλῆσις (klêsis) 'a calling, an invocation, a summons', a verbal noun of καλέω (kaléō) 'to call'. The root descends from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- 'to call, shout'. In Modern Greek the word specialized toward 'a (phone) call' and 'an official summons or citation', while keeping the older sense of a spiritual 'calling'.
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