καρδιά

See also: καρδία and Καρδία

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek, with synizesis to avoid hiatus, from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Cognate with Italiot Greek cardia, Mariupol Greek кардъи́я (karðíja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈðʝa/

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• Hyphenation: καρ‧διά

Noun

καρδιά • (kardiá) f (plural καρδιές)

1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

Declension of καρδιά

	singular	plural
nominative	καρδιά (kardiá)	καρδιές (kardiés)
genitive	καρδιάς (kardiás)	καρδιών (kardión)
accusative	καρδιά (kardiá)	καρδιές (kardiés)
vocative	καρδιά (kardiá)	καρδιές (kardiés)

Derived terms

• καρδιοπάθεια f (kardiopátheia, “cardiopathy, heart disease”)
• καρδιακή προσβολή f (kardiakí prosvolí, “cardiopathy, heart disease”)
• με όλη μου την καρδιά (me óli mou tin kardiá, “with my whole heart, wholeheartedly”)

See also

• κούπα f (koúpa, “hearts - a suit of playing cards”)

Further reading

• καρδιά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language