πατσαβούρα
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Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- πατσαβούρι n (patsavoúri) (less frequent)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Venetian spazzadura with deletion of [s] and [d>ð>v], from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
πατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)
- a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
- any squashed piece of cloth or paper
- (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
- (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)
Declension[edit]
declension of πατσαβούρα
| case \ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
| genitive | πατσαβούρας • | — |
| accusative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
| vocative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
Related terms[edit]
- παλιοπατσαβούρα f (paliopatsavoúra, “dirty old swab”)
- πατσαβουριάζω (patsavouriázo, “squash”)
- πατσαβουρόπιτα f (patsavourópita, “kind of cake with squashed phyllo”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ πατσαβούρα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ πατσαβούρα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre