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χωράφι
field (a plot of farmland) /xoˈrafi/
nounC1#3534 most common
Also: plot of land, farmland
Example sentences
Το χωράφι είναι μεγάλο.
The field is big.
Ο παππούς μου έχει ένα χωράφι με ελιές.
My grandfather has a field of olive trees.
Ποτίζουμε το χωράφι κάθε πρωί το καλοκαίρι.
We water the field every morning in summer.
Οι αγρότες όργωσαν τα χωράφια πριν τη βροχή.
The farmers plowed the fields before the rain.
Η αξία των χωραφιών στην περιοχή αυξήθηκε λόγω της νέας άρδευσης.
The value of the fields in the area rose because of the new irrigation system.
Παρά τη ξηρασία, το χωράφι απέδωσε μια αναπάντεχα πλούσια σοδειά σιταριού.
Despite the drought, the field produced an unexpectedly rich wheat harvest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | χωράφι | χωράφια |
| Genitive | χωραφιού | χωραφιών |
| Accusative | χωράφι | χωράφια |
| Vocative | χωράφι | χωράφια |
Word family
χώραcountry, land
χωριόvillageχωρικόςrural, of the village
αγρόςfield (more formal synonym)
χωρίζωto separate, divideEtymology
Χωράφι comes from the medieval Greek diminutive χωράφιον, built on ancient χώρα, meaning land or place. Over time the diminutive lost its small-scale sense and became the plain word for a cultivated field. The deeper origin of χώρα itself is not settled; many linguists treat it as a word of unknown or pre-Greek origin rather than tracing it to a firm Indo-European root.
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