λουλούδι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
- Three possibilities from Babiniotis[1]:
- 1. Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Albanian lule or lulediell (“sunflower”)
- 2. From λειρίδιον (leirídion)/λειλίδιον (leilídion), from Koine Greek λειρίον (leiríon, “lily”)
- 3. From Ancient Greek *λίλιον (*lílion) (from Latin lilium (“lily”)) + -ούδι (-oúdi, diminutive)
- From Kriaras[2]:
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
λουλούδι • (louloúdi) n (plural λουλούδια)
Declension edit
declension of λουλούδι
| case \ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λουλούδι • | λουλούδια • |
| genitive | λουλουδιού • | λουλουδιών • |
| accusative | λουλούδι • | λουλούδια • |
| vocative | λουλούδι • | λουλούδια • |
Derived terms edit
- ασπρολούλουδο n (asproloúloudo, “daisy, white flower”)
- λουλουδάκι n (louloudáki, diminutive form)
- and see: αγριολούλουδο n (agrioloúloudo, “wild flower”)
References edit
- ^ λουλούδι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
Further reading edit
λουλούδι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
