αχτίδα

Greek

Alternative forms

• ακτίδα f (aktída) (relatively common)
• ακτίνα f (aktína) (with some change in meaning)
• αχτίνα f (achtína) (colloquial, with some change in meaning)

Etymology

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Noun

αχτίδα • (achtída) f (plural αχτίδες)

1. gleam, ray, glimmer (of light)
2. sunbeam
3. (figuratively) glimmer, trace

   μια αχτίδα ελπίδας ― mia achtída elpídas ― a glimmer of hope

4. (politics) organisational unit within the Communist party

Declension

declension of αχτίδα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	αχτίδα •	αχτίδες •
genitive	αχτίδας •	αχτίδων •
accusative	αχτίδα •	αχτίδες •
vocative	αχτίδα •	αχτίδες •