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Μετά από means after.
In Modern Greek, από normally takes the accusative. So the noun after it is in the accusative case.
Here that noun is αϋπνία. Its nominative and accusative singular forms are the same, so you do not see a visible change:
- nominative: η αϋπνία
- accusative: την αϋπνία
So in this sentence, μετά από αϋπνία = after insomnia / after sleeplessness.
The two dots over υ are called a diaeresis. They show that α and υ are pronounced separately, not as the usual letter combination αυ.
So:
- αυ is normally pronounced as one unit
- αϋ tells you: pronounce them separately
That is why αϋπνία is not read like a normal αυ- word.
A rough pronunciation is:
- αϋπνία ≈ a-ip-NEE-a
The stress falls on -νί-.