κακομάζαλος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Formed in Judeo-Greek, from κᾰκο- (kako-, bad) +‎ Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál, luck) +‎ -ος (-os), but spread into general (Christian) Greek by the late Byzantine period.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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κᾰκομᾰ́ζᾱλος (kakomázālosm (feminine κᾰκομᾰζᾱ́λη, neuter κᾰκομᾰ́ζᾱλον); first/second declension

  1. ill-fated, miserable

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Greek: κακομάζαλος (kakomázalos)

References

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  1. ^ Lily Kahn with Aaron D. Rubin (2016) chapter 8, in Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κακομάζαλος (kakomázalos).

Adjective

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κακομάζαλος (kakomázalosm (feminine κακομάζαλη, neuter κακομάζαλο)

  1. ill-fated, miserable

Declension

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