σουβλί

Greek

Etymology

Also found in Ancient Greek with the sense of "awl;" akin to Latin subula, both from Proto-Indo-European *sīw- (“to sew”).

Noun

σουβλί • (souvlí) n (plural σουβλιά)

1. awl, bradawl
2. bodkin
3. (uncommon) skewer
4. (in the plural) twinge (sharp, darting pain)

Declension

declension of σουβλί

	singular	plural
nominative	σουβλί •	σουβλιά •
genitive	σουβλιού •	σουβλιών •
accusative	σουβλί •	σουβλιά •
vocative	σουβλί •	σουβλιά •

Synonyms

• (skewer): σούβλα f (soúvla) (the more usual term)

Coordinate terms

• (skewer):

• οβελός m (ovelós, “spit”)
• οβελίδιο m (ovelídio, “skewer”)

• (awl, hole maker):

• τρυπητήρι n (trypitíri, “punch”)
• διατρητής m (diatritís, “perforator, punch”)

Related terms

• σουβλιά (souvliá, “stab with tool, stabbing pain”)
• σουβλίζω (souvlízo, “to skewer, to impale”)
• σουβλάκι n (souvláki, “food cooked on skewer”)