φαιός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαιός (phaiós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feˈos/
  • Hyphenation: φαι‧ός

Adjective

φαιός • (faiós) m (feminine φαιά, neuter φαιό)

  1. (formal, of colours and hues) dull (having no particular luster or brightness)
  2. (formal, by extension) grey, ashy (having a color somewhere between white and black)
    • 1982, Alkis Alkaios (lyrics), Thanos Mikroutsikos (music), “Ερωτικό (Με μια πιρόγα) [Love Song (In A Pirogue)]”, in Εμπάργκο [Embargo], performed by Manolis Mitsias:
      Εδώ είναι Αττική, φαιό νταμάρι.
      Edó eínai Attikí, faió damári.
      This is Attica, a grey, dull quarry.

Declension
declension of φαιός
number 
case / gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative φαιός φαιά φαιό φαιοί φαιές φαιά
genitive φαιού φαιάς φαιού φαιών φαιών φαιών
accusative φαιό φαιά φαιό φαιούς φαιές φαιά
vocative φαιέ φαιά φαιό φαιοί φαιές φαιά
derivations comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο φαιός, etc.)
relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο φαιός (o pio faiós), etc.)

Derived terms
  • φαιά ουσία f (faiá ousía, “grey matter”)
  • φαιοκίτρινος (faiokítrinos, “pale yellow, yellow-grey”)
  • φαιοκόκκινος (faiokókkinos, “pale red, red-grey”)
  • φαιοπράσινος (faioprásinos, “pale green, green-grey”)
  • φαιοχίτων m (faiochíton, “Nazi dressed in grey”)
  • φαιόχρωμος (faióchromos, “grey-coloured”)

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (dull): ανοιχτόχρωμος (anoichtóchromos, “lightly-coloured, light”)
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