τσίτσα
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *cica; cognate with Bulgarian цица (cica, “breast”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]τσίτσα • (tsítsa) f (plural τσίτσες) (colloquial, Demotic)
- (uncommon) wooden flask (especially for wine)
- 1918 Zacharias Papantoniou, Τὰ ψηλὰ βουνὰ (Tá psilá vouná, “The High Mountains”), chap.5
- σήκωσε την τσίτσα και τράβηξε δυο ρουφηξιές
- síkose tin tsítsa kai trávixe dyo roufixiés
- he lifted the flask and took two sips
- 1918 Zacharias Papantoniou, Τὰ ψηλὰ βουνὰ (Tá psilá vouná, “The High Mountains”), chap.5
- (rare) a kind of basket[2]
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τσίτσα (tsítsa) | τσίτσες (tsítses) |
| genitive | τσίτσας (tsítsas) | — |
| accusative | τσίτσα (tsítsa) | τσίτσες (tsítses) |
| vocative | τσίτσα (tsítsa) | τσίτσες (tsítses) |
Derived terms
[edit]- τσιτσάς m (tsitsás, “flask-maker”)
References
[edit]- ^ τσίτσα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) [1936–1950], Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón hólēs tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Katharevousa), 2nd edition (in 15 volumes), Athens: Hellenic Paideia (abbreviations - of authors)
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