κεφάλι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφάλιον (kephálion, “little head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ce̞ˈfali]
Hyphenation: κε‧φά‧λι

Noun

κεφάλι • (kefáli) n (plural κεφάλια)

(anatomy) head
Synonym: κεφαλή (kefalí)

Declension

declension of κεφάλι

	singular	plural
nominative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •
genitive	κεφαλιού •	κεφαλιών •
accusative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •
vocative	κεφάλι •	κεφάλια •

Derived terms

πονοκέφαλος m (ponokéfalos, “headache”)
κεφαλάρι n (kefalári, “headrest, pillow, etc”)
κέφαλος m (kéfalos, “mullet”)
κάνω του κεφαλιού μου (káno tou kefalioú mou, “to do whatever one wants”) (literally: "to do of one's head")

Further reading

κεφάλι in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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