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πέρυσι
last year /ˈpe.ri.si/
adverbB1#1552 most common
Also: a year ago
Example sentences
Πέρυσι πήγα διακοπές στην Κρήτη.
Last year I went on vacation to Crete.
Πέρυσι δεν είχε τόση ζέστη το καλοκαίρι.
Last year the summer wasn't this hot.
Ο αδελφός μου παντρεύτηκε πέρυσι τον Ιούνιο.
My brother got married last year in June.
Πέρυσι τέτοια εποχή δουλεύαμε ακόμα στο παλιό γραφείο.
This time last year we were still working at the old office.
Αν δεν είχαμε επενδύσει πέρυσι στην ανακαίνιση, η εταιρεία θα είχε κλείσει φέτος.
If we hadn't invested last year in the renovation, the company would have closed this year.
Πέρυσι, παρά τις προβλέψεις των αναλυτών, η οικονομία σημείωσε ανάπτυξη αντί για ύφεση.
Last year, despite analysts' predictions, the economy showed growth instead of recession.
Word family
πέρσιlast year (common colloquial spelling/pronunciation of πέρυσι)
περσινός, -ή, -όlast year's, from last year
πρόπερσιthe year before last
Etymology
Πέρυσι means last year and comes unchanged from Ancient Greek πέρυσι, where it already served as a fixed adverb of time. The word is old and opaque, part of a small set of Indo-European terms that all point to the meaning last year. Because Greek inherited it as a single frozen form, it never developed regular noun or verb relatives the way most Greek roots do.
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