μαλάκας

Greek edit

From Byzantine Greek μαλάκα (maláka, “masturbation”), from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), for which the sense of an unethical or depraved person is attested as early as Herodotus's time.

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μαλάκας • (malákas) m (plural μαλάκες, feminine μαλάκω)

(colloquial, vulgar, literally) wanker, tosser (person who is masturbating, a masturbator)
Ρε το μαλάκα, τον έπιασα να τον παίζει!
Re to maláka, ton épiasa na ton paízei!
The wanker, I caught him rubbing one out!
(colloquial, offensive, figuratively) wanker, knobhead, asshole, jerk, prick (general term of abuse for a male)
Τι να πει κανείς, είναι σκέτος μαλάκας ο τύπος.
Ti na pei kaneís, eínai skétos malákas o týpos.
What can you say? The guy is a total wanker.
(colloquial, informal) dude, man, bro (term of endearment between friends (primarily male friends))
Ρε μαλάκες, δεν πάμε για καμιά μπύρα;
Re malákes, den páme gia kamiá býra?
Hey guys, why don't we go for a beer?

declension of μαλάκας

(masturbator): αυνανιστής m (avnanistís)
(asshole, jerk): σκατάς m (skatás), πούστης m (poústis), αρχίδι n (archídi), κόπανος m (kópanos), καθίκι n (kathíki), κάθαρμα n (kátharma)
(informal term of address): πούστης m (poústis)

μαλακία f (malakía, “wanking, jerking off, nonsense saying”)
μαλακιστήρι n (malakistíri, “wanker, jerk”) (usually a young one)
μαλακίζομαι (malakízomai, “to wank, to jerk off, to waste my time with nonsense”)
μαλακισμένος (malakisménos, “stupid, idiotic”)

μαλάκας • (malákas) f