φασούλι
Greek
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Byzantine Greek φασούλιν (phasoúlin), diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φάσουλος (phásoulos), from φασίολος (phasíolos), from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, itself from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). Also see φασόλι (fasóli).
Noun
editφασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of φασόλι (fasóli, “bean”)
Declension
editDeclension of φασούλι
Related terms
edit- αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
- φασουλής m (fasoulís, “a puppet theatre character”)
and colloquial variations:
- φασουλάκι (fasouláki), of φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
- φασουλάδα (fasouláda), of φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
- φασουλιά (fasouliá), of φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Italian fasullo (“fake”), plural fasulli, mistaken for singular φασούλι (fasoúli, “bean”) by pseudoetymology.[1]
Noun
editφασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) an unexpected problem
Declension
editDeclension of φασούλι
References
edit- ^ “φασούλι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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