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κομματάκι
a little piece, a small bit /ko.maˈta.ci/
nounB2#2501 most common
Also: a scrap, a morsel
Example sentences
Θέλω ένα κομματάκι ψωμί.
I want a little piece of bread.
Μου δίνεις ένα κομματάκι από την τούρτα;
Will you give me a little piece of the cake?
Έκοψε το τυρί σε μικρά κομματάκια.
She cut the cheese into small pieces.
Το ποτήρι έπεσε και έσπασε σε κομματάκια.
The glass fell and broke into little pieces.
Βρήκα ένα κομματάκι χαρτί κάτω από το τραπέζι με το όνομά του γραμμένο πάνω.
I found a little scrap of paper under the table with his name written on it.
Στο τέλος της ταινίας, ένιωσα πως ένα κομματάκι της καρδιάς μου έμεινε εκεί.
At the end of the film, I felt that a little piece of my heart had stayed there.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κομματάκι | κομματάκια |
| Genitive | κομματακιού | κομματακιών |
| Accusative | κομματάκι | κομματάκια |
| Vocative | κομματάκι | κομματάκια |
Word family
κομμάτιpiece, partκόβωto cut
κομματιάζωto cut into pieces, to shatter
κοπήa cut, a cutting
κοπτήραςcutter, blade
Etymology
κομματάκι is built from κομμάτι, the ordinary Greek word for a piece or a portion. κομμάτι itself goes back to κόπτω, the verb for cutting, so a κομμάτι was originally something cut off. The suffix -άκι is the standard Greek diminutive, added to signal smallness or fondness, giving κομματάκι the sense of a tiny piece.
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