Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /peðiá/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peðiá/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peðiá/

Noun

παιδιᾱ́ • ‎(paidiā́) f ‎(genitive παιδιᾶς); first declension

1. childish play, fun, sport, game

Inflection

References

• παιδιά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «παιδιά» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • antics idem, page 32.
  • banter idem, page 62.
  • childishness idem, page 130.
  • child's play idem, page 130.
  • dalliance idem, page 193.
  • distraction idem, page 242.
  • diversion idem, page 243.
  • drollery idem, page 253.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • flippancy idem, page 328.
  • frolic idem, page 346.
  • fun idem, page 349.
  • gambol idem, page 353.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • humour idem, page 410.
  • jest idem, page 462.
  • jocularity idem, page 463.
  • joke idem, page 464.
  • levity idem, page 487.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • pastime idem, page 598.
  • persiflage idem, page 607.
  • play idem, page 618.
  • playfulness idem, page 619.
  • pleasantry idem, page 619.
  • puerility idem, page 656.
  • recreation idem, page 682.
  • relaxation idem, page 690.
  • satire idem, page 734.
  • sport idem, page 804.
  • trifling idem, page 895.

Greek

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek παιδιά ‎(paidiá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peðiˈa/

Noun

παιδιά • ‎(paidiá) f ‎(plural παιδιές)

1. childish play, fun, sport, game

Derived terms

• αθλοπαιδιά f ‎(athlopaidiá, “games, sports”)

Etymology 2

A form of παιδί ‎(paidí)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈðʝa/

Noun

παιδιά • ‎(paidiá) n

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of παιδί ‎(paidí)  (children).