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φτερό
wing (also: feather) /fteˈro/
nounC1#3694 most common
Also: feather
Example sentences
Το πουλί έχει φτερά.
The bird has wings.
Το φτερό του πουλιού είναι μικρό.
The bird's wing is small.
Βρήκα ένα φτερό στην αυλή.
I found a feather in the yard.
Ο άνεμος πήρε το φτερό και το πέταξε μακριά.
The wind picked up the feather and blew it far away.
Τα φτερά της πεταλούδας γυάλιζαν στον ήλιο.
The butterfly's wings shone in the sun.
Στη μυθολογία, ο Ίκαρος έφτιαξε φτερά από κερί για να πετάξει.
In mythology, Icarus made wings from wax so he could fly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | φτερό | φτερά |
| Genitive | φτερού | φτερών |
| Accusative | φτερό | φτερά |
| Vocative | φτερό | φτερά |
Word family
πετώto fly
πτήσηflightπτερωτόςwinged
φτερούγαwing (bird's wing, colloquial)
φτεράκιlittle feather or wing
Etymology
Φτερό comes from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pteron), meaning wing or feather. That noun goes back to the same Indo-European base that gave Greek the verb πέτομαι, to fly. Modern Greek smoothed the initial cluster pt- into ft-, giving the current pronunciation.
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