ακατάσβεστος

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek ἀκατάσβεστος (akatásbestos) and semantic loan from French inextinguible.[1] From privative ἀ- (a-) + κατασβέννυμι (katasbénnumi, extinguish completely).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.kaˈta.zve.stos/
  • Hyphenation: α‧κα‧τά‧σβε‧στος

Adjective

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ακατάσβεστος (akatásvestosm (feminine ακατάσβεστη, neuter ακατάσβεστο)

  1. (figuratively) unquenchable
  2. burning, not extinguished, unquenchable

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ ακατάσβεστος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language