νοσταλγία
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom French nostalgie, from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested.
Noun
editνοσταλγία • (nostalgía) f (uncountable)
- nostalgia, homesickness
- nostalgia (bittersweet yearning for the things of the past)
Declension
edit νοσταλγία
case \ number | singular | |
---|---|---|
nominative | νοσταλγία • | |
genitive | νοσταλγίας • | |
accusative | νοσταλγία • | |
vocative | νοσταλγία • | |
νοσταλγίες is a (possibly) ungrammatical plural |
Derived terms
edit- νοσταλγικός (nostalgikós, “nostalgic”)
- νοσταλγώ (nostalgó, “to be nostalgic”)
- νοσταλγός m or f (nostalgós, “person with nostalgia”)
References
edit- νοσταλγία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- “nostalgie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.