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ξανά
again /ksaˈna/
adverbA1#158 most common
Also: anew, once more, afresh
Example sentences
Πες το ξανά.
Say it again.
Θα έρθω ξανά αύριο.
I'll come again tomorrow.
Θέλω να δω αυτή την ταινία ξανά.
I want to see this film again.
Σε παρακαλώ, μην αργήσεις ξανά.
Please, don't be late again.
Μετά από χρόνια, συναντηθήκαμε ξανά τυχαία στον δρόμο.
After years, we met again by chance on the street.
Παρά τις αποτυχίες, βρήκε τη δύναμη να ονειρευτεί ξανά.
Despite the failures, he found the strength to dream again.
Word family
ξανακάνωto do again, redo
ξαναλέωto say again, repeat
ξαναβλέπωto see again
ξανανιώνωto feel young again, be rejuvenated
ξαναγεννιέμαιto be reborn
Etymology
Modern Greek ξανά descends from the medieval verbal prefix ξανα-, a fusion of the ancient Greek prepositions ἐξ ('out, from') and ἀνά ('up, back, anew'). The ἀνά element already carried the sense of repetition (as in ἀναγεννάω 'to regenerate'), and the fused compound came to mean simply 'again, once more'. Because it is a Greek-internal compound of two prepositions, no single inherited root is assigned to the word as a whole.
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