παπαγάλος
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπαπαγάλος • (papagálos) m (plural παπαγάλοι)
- parrot
- (figuratively) a person who repeats uncritically what has been said by others
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | παπαγάλος (papagálos) | παπαγάλοι (papagáloi) |
genitive | παπαγάλου (papagálou) | παπαγάλων (papagálon) |
accusative | παπαγάλο (papagálo) | παπαγάλους (papagálous) |
vocative | παπαγάλε (papagále) | παπαγάλοι (papagáloi) |
References
edit- παπαγάλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language