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νοιάζομαι
to care about (someone or something) /ˈɲazome/
verbB1#1854 most common
Also: to worry about, to mind, to be concerned about
Example sentences
Σε νοιάζομαι.
I care about you.
Δεν με νοιάζει.
I don't care.
Η μαμά νοιάζεται πολύ για τα παιδιά της.
Mom cares a lot about her children.
Δεν τον νοιάζει τι θα πουν οι άλλοι.
He doesn't care what other people will say.
Αν πραγματικά νοιαζόσουν για μένα, θα με είχες πάρει τηλέφωνο.
If you really cared about me, you would have called me.
Όσο κι αν προσποιείται αδιαφορία, βαθιά μέσα του νοιάζεται περισσότερο απ' όσο δείχνει.
However much he fakes indifference, deep down he cares more than he shows.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | νοιάζομαι | νοιάστηκα | θα νοιαστώ |
| 2sg | νοιάζεσαι | νοιάστηκες | θα νοιαστείς |
| 3sg | νοιάζεται | νοιάστηκε | θα νοιαστεί |
| 1pl | νοιαζόμαστε | νοιαστήκαμε | θα νοιαστούμε |
| 2pl | νοιάζεστε | νοιαστήκατε | θα νοιαστείτε |
| 3pl | νοιάζονται | νοιάστηκαν | θα νοιαστούν |
Word family
νοιάa care, a worry
ξένοιαστοςcarefree, without worries
ξενοιάζωto stop worrying, to relax
νοιάξιμοworrying, fretting (colloquial)
Etymology
Νοιάζομαι comes from the Modern Greek noun νοιά, meaning care or worry. Νοιά developed from the older word ἔννοια (concern, notion), through loss of the initial vowel and simplification of the consonant cluster. Ἔννοια itself goes back to νοῦς or νόος, mind, but the deeper origin of that word is disputed among etymologists, and some argue it comes from a Pre-Greek substrate rather than inherited Indo-European. The verb is built by attaching the deponent suffix -ζομαι to the noun stem, a common way Greek forms verbs describing an inner state.
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