μαύρος
See also: μαυρός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μαῦρος (maûros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmavros]
Adjective
Usage notes
On degrees:
- Monolectic degrees of comparison of μαύρος (and adjectives for colour) are rare and spurious. The following obsolete forms, mostly dialectal, are found in proverbs and books of the 19th century:
- μαυρότερος (more black), μαυρότατος (most, very black).
- Comparative: μαυρύτερος (in analogy to μεγαλύτερος)
- Comparative: μαυρήτερος
- Superlative is best formed with intensifiers: κατα- (κατάμαυρος) & the rare παν- (πάμμαυρος).
- The degrees of synonym μελανός serve as substitutes: μελανότερος, μελανότατος.
Declension
declension of μαύρος
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | μαύρος | μαύρη | μαύρο | μαύροι | μαύρες | μαύρα |
| genitive | μαύρου | μαύρης | μαύρου | μαύρων | μαύρων | μαύρων |
| accusative | μαύρο | μαύρη | μαύρο | μαύρους | μαύρες | μαύρα |
| vocative | μαύρε | μαύρη | μαύρο | μαύροι | μαύρες | μαύρα |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο μαύρος, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μαύρος (o pio mávros), etc.) | |||||
Synonyms
Related terms
- κατάμαυρος (katámavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- μαυρίζω (mavrízo, “to blacken, to suntan”)
- μαυρισμένος (mavrisménos, “blackened”)
- μαύρο n (mávro, “black”, noun)
- μαύρο μάτι n (mávro máti, “blackeye”)
- μαυρώνω (mavróno, “to char”)
- ολόμαυρος (olómavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- πάμμαυρος (pámmavros, “jet-black, pitch-black”)
- and see: αμαυρός (amavrós, “dull, opaque”, adjective)
Further reading
- μαύρος in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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