ξερός
Greek
Alternative forms
- ξηρός (xirós)
Adjective
ξερός • (xerós) m (feminine ξερή, neuter ξερό)
- dry, dried, arid
- το κλίμα είναι πολύ ξερό ― to klíma eínai polý xeró ― the climate is very dry
- ξερό δαμάσκηνο ― xeró damáskino ― prune, dried plum
- dry, not sweet
- ξερό κρασί ― xeró krasí ― dry wine
- dry, laconic, perfunctory
- μου είπε ένα ξερό 'καλημέρα' ― mou eípe éna xeró 'kaliméra' ― I said a dry 'good morning'
- (figuratively) incapacitated, unconscious
- (figuratively) dead
Usage notes
- Alternative form cannot be used in figurative senses
Declension
declension of ξερός
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ξερός | ξερή | ξερό | ξεροί | ξερές | ξερά |
| genitive | ξερού | ξερής | ξερού | ξερών | ξερών | ξερών |
| accusative | ξερό | ξερή | ξερό | ξερούς | ξερές | ξερά |
| vocative | ξερέ | ξερή | ξερό | ξεροί | ξερές | ξερά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο ξερός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ξερός (o pio xerós), etc.) | |||||
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