συγκόπτω

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συγκόπτω (sunkóptō). Synchronically analysable as συγ- (συν-) (together) + κόπτω (cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siŋˈɡo.pto/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧γκό‧πτω
  • Old Hyphenation: συγ‧κό‧πτω

Verb

συγκόπτω (sygkópto) (simple past συνέκοψα, passive συγκόπτομαι) found chiefly in the present tense more frequently in passive voice[1][2]

  1. shorten, contract, abridge
  2. (grammar, phonology, phonetics) cut short a sound or syllable in or of a word with syncope

Conjugation

  • συγκεκομμένος (sygkekomménos, who has been shortened, passive perfect participle)
  • συγκοπτόμενος (sygkoptómenos, who is being shortened, passive present participle)
  • συγκοπή f (sygkopí, syncope)

References

  1. Active and passive voice - συγκόπτω in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Only passive voice mentioned - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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