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χεράκι
little hand /xeˈra.ci/
nounB2#2232 most common
Also: helping hand (in the idiom δίνω ένα χεράκι), (child's) small hand
Example sentences
Το μωρό έχει ένα μικρό χεράκι.
The baby has a little hand.
Δώσε μου το χεράκι σου να περάσουμε τον δρόμο.
Give me your little hand so we can cross the street.
Μπορείς να μου δώσεις ένα χεράκι με τις βαλίτσες;
Can you give me a hand with the suitcases?
Τα παιδιά σήκωσαν τα χεράκια τους για να απαντήσουν στη δασκάλα.
The children raised their little hands to answer the teacher.
Όποτε χρειαζόμουν βοήθεια, ήταν πάντα εκεί να μου δώσει ένα χεράκι.
Whenever I needed help, he was always there to lend me a hand.
Μη μου κάνεις τον ανήξερο· ξέρω πολύ καλά ότι είχες κι εσύ το χεράκι σου σ' αυτή την ιστορία.
Don't play innocent with me; I know very well that you too had a hand in this whole affair.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | χεράκι | χεράκια |
| Genitive | χερακιού | χερακιών |
| Accusative | χεράκι | χεράκια |
| Vocative | χεράκι | χεράκια |
Word family
Etymology
χεράκι is the diminutive of χέρι ('hand'), formed with the productive neuter diminutive suffix -άκι. χέρι itself descends from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) 'hand', from the Proto-Indo-European root for 'hand'. The diminutive originally signalled small size but now very often conveys affection or, in the idiom δίνω ένα χεράκι, the softened sense of 'lending a hand'.
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