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σοφίτα
attic /soˈfita/
nounC1#3095 most common
Also: loft, garret
Example sentences
Η σοφίτα είναι μικρή.
The attic is small.
Ανεβαίνουμε στη σοφίτα για να πάρουμε τα παλιά βιβλία.
We go up to the attic to get the old books.
Στη σοφίτα του παππού μου βρήκα φωτογραφίες από τον πόλεμο.
In my grandfather's attic I found photos from the war.
Οι σοφίτες αυτής της πολυκατοικίας έχουν μετατραπεί σε μικρά διαμερίσματα.
The attics of this apartment building have been converted into small apartments.
Η σκόνη στη σοφίτα μαρτυρούσε ότι κανείς δεν είχε ανέβει εκεί εδώ και χρόνια.
The dust in the attic showed that no one had gone up there for years.
Παρά τη ρομαντική εικόνα που έχουμε γι' αυτές, οι σοφίτες παλαιότερα φιλοξενούσαν συχνά τους πιο φτωχούς ενοίκους ενός κτιρίου.
Despite the romantic image we have of them, attics in the past often housed a building's poorest tenants.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η σοφίτα | οι σοφίτες |
| Genitive | της σοφίτας | των σοφιτών |
| Accusative | τη σοφίτα | τις σοφίτες |
| Vocative | σοφίτα | σοφίτες |
Word family
Etymology
Σοφίτα is a loanword from Italian soffitta, the feminine form of soffitto, meaning ceiling or attic space. Soffitto descends from Latin suffictus, the past participle of sufficere, to put underneath or substitute, built from sub- and facere, to make. Greek picked up the word through centuries of contact with Italian speakers in ports and islands, keeping the Italian sense of the room just under the roof.
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