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It's even closer if you remember that the stem of δέρμα is δέρματ- -- for example, the genitive is δέρματος. (But words can't end in -τ in Ancient Greek so the nominative became simply δέρμα.)
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In modern Greek, as well, I believe that words can only end in vowels or the letters ν and ς. Loan words are exceptions, and you can note that these do sound odd (ρέκορ, γκρουπ, πόκερ); here is a list of the exceptions that I found.
Ancient Greek also allowed -ρ (ο ρήτωρ, for example, or το φρέαρ, το στέαρ).
I thought the same. I'm a native spanish speaker and i just made the relation after a few exercises. Derma as in "Dermatologo" which is most probably the same in Greek
Yes, at least in the accusative case. The nominative has the typical masculine nominative ending -s, ο δερματολόγος o dermatologos.
What's the difference between using 'δερμάτινη' and 'δερμάτινο' in a sentence?
δερμάτινη is the feminine singular form of the adjective, used before feminine singular nouns, and δερμάτινο is the neuter singular form of the adjective, used before neuter singular nouns. (Or the masculine accusative singular form used before a masculine singular noun in the accusative case.)
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Adjectives themselves do not have genders, but they do decline, agreeing with the nouns that they modify. (Like in French and Spanish.)
I'm saying that almost all adjectives have different endings depending on the gender of the noun that they describe -- like in French!
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I'm pretty sure γάντι is related to Italian "guanto" and Spanish "guante".
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So one cannot literally spell out a Greek word to English...γ=g ά=a ν=n τ=t ι=i
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It's not clear what you're asking. Are you noting that "ντ" is pronounced as "(n)d"? or that γ/ν look similar to some Roman letters?
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Just comparing both English and Greek on keyboard. For example, "πουκάμισο". π=p; μ=m; σ=s, etc.
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Ah, got it. Yes: the Greek keyboard maps phonetically to the U.S. English keyboard quite well where possible. The exceptions, like "c/ψ" and "v/ω", usually occur when there is no corresponding letter (no Greek "c", no English "ω"). You'll often find that you can indeed spell spell out the word, as in γάντι, σκύλος, πουκάμισο, etc.
