λίμα
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See also: Λίμα
Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈli.ma/
- Hyphenation: λί‧μα
- Homophones: λύμα (lýma), λήμμα (límma)
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]λίμα • (líma) f (plural λίμες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of λίμα
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek λίμα (líma), itself a backformation from verb λιμάζω (limázō, “starve, famish”).
Noun
[edit]λίμα • (líma) f (plural λίμες)
- (colloquial) Synonym of πείνα (peína), extreme hunger, gluttony
Declension
[edit]Declension of λίμα
Synonyms
[edit]- λόρδα f (lórda, “extreme hunger”) (colloquial) and see: πείνα f (peína, “hunger”)
- λαιμαργία f (laimargía, “gluttony”)
Related terms
[edit]- λιμάζω (limázo, “starve, famish”)
- λιμάρης (limáris, adjective)
- λιμάρικος (limárikos, adjective)
- λιμασμένος (limasménos, “famished”, participle) (colloquial)
Further reading
[edit]- λίμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- For the placename Λίμα (Líma) see: -
Λίμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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