κόρφος

Greek

Noun

κόρφος • (kórfos) m (plural κόρφοι)

1. (dialectal) chest, breast
2. (literary) chest as a place to embrace someone

Declension

Declension of κόρφος

	singular	plural
nominative	κόρφος •	κόρφοι •
genitive	κόρφου •	κόρφων •
accusative	κόρφο •	κόρφους •
vocative	κόρφε •	κόρφοι •

Synonyms

• στήθος (stíthos, “chest”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)
  • → Turkish: körfez

References

• κόρφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language