λουλούδι

Greek

Etymology

• Three possibilities from Babiniotis:

  1. Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Albanian lule or lulediell (“sunflower”)

  2. From λειρίδιον (leirídion)/λειλίδιον (leilídion), from Koine Greek λειρίον (leiríon, “lily”)

  3. From Ancient Greek *λίλιον (*lílion) (from Latin lilium (“lily”)) + -ούδι (-oúdi, diminutive)

• From Kriaras:

  Possibly from *λίλιον (*lílion), from Latin lilium (“lily”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈluði]
• Hyphenation: λου‧λού‧δι

Noun

λουλούδι • (louloúdi) n (plural λουλούδια)

1. flower

Declension

declension of λουλούδι

	singular	plural
nominative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •
genitive	λουλουδιού •	λουλουδιών •
accusative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •
vocative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •

Synonyms

• ανθί n (anthí, “flower”)
• άνθος n (ánthos, “flower”)

Derived terms

see: αγριολούλουδο n (agrioloúloudo, “wild flower”)