ακίδα

Greek

Noun

ακίδα • (akída) f (plural ακίδες)

1. wood splinter, thorn
2. sharp tip of metal objects, point, spike
3. prong, pin (of an electrical plug for an outlet)
4. front sight post (the center post of iron sights used for aiming a weapon or in a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes, range finders, etc.)
5. (acronym): Independent Movement of Kindergarten Teachers (movement started in 1992 in Greece, acronym written as Α.Κί.Δ.Α.)

Declension

Declension of ακίδα

	singular	plural
nominative	ακίδα (akída)	ακίδες (akídes)
genitive	ακίδας (akídas)	ακίδων (akídon)
accusative	ακίδα (akída)	ακίδες (akídes)
vocative	ακίδα (akída)	ακίδες (akídes)

Related terms

• ακιδωτός (akidotós, “pointed”)
• ακιδοφόρος (akidofóros, “pointed”)
• αγκίδα f (agkída, “splinter”)
• εκτυπωτής ακίδων m (ektypotís akídon, “dot matrix printer”)
• and see: άγκιστρο n (ágkistro, “hook”)

Further reading

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