ανακάλυψη

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀνακάλυψις f (anakálupsis, “revelation”) with ending -σις (-sis) > modern suffix -ση (-si), from ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalúptō) < ἀνά (aná, “above, through”) + καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover, to conceal”).[1] See ανα- (ana-) +‎ κάλυψη (kálypsi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.naˈka.li.psi/
  • Hyphenation: α‧να‧κά‧λυ‧ψη

Noun

ανακάλυψη • (anakálypsi) f (plural ανακαλύψεις)

  1. discovery, find (the process of discover and the thing discovered)

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References

  1. ανακάλυψη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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