βλάμης
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Albanian vëllam, vllam.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editβλάμης • (vlámis) m (plural βλάμηδες, feminine βλάμισσα) (dialectal, dated)
- blood brother
- Synonyms: αδελφοποιτός (adelfopoitós), σταυραδερφός (stavraderfós)
- friend, companion
- brave, tough man
- Synonyms: παλικαράς (palikarás), μάγκας (mágkas), κουτσαβάκης (koutsavákis)
- lover
- Synonym: εραστής (erastís)
Declension
editDeclension of βλάμης
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- βλάμης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- Meyer, G. (1891) “vɛłā́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 469f.