μπουκάλι
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Etymology[edit]
A modern or mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), inherited from Byzantine Greek μπουκάλιν (mpoukálin),[1] from Venetian bocal[2] -Italian boccale (“jug, bottle”), or otherwise from Sicilian buccali (“jug, bottle”)-, from Latin baucalus, from Koine Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”); probably of Central Atlas Tamazight[3] or Egyptian origin.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
μπουκάλι • (boukáli) n (plural μπουκάλια)
- bottle
- ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι κρασί ― éna potíri kai éna boukáli krasí ― a glass and a bottle of wine
- ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι του κρασιού ― éna potíri kai éna boukáli tou krasioú ― a glass and a wine bottle
- the contents of a bottle
- Πόσα μπουκάλια μπίρα ήπιατε χθες;
- Pósa boukália bíra ípiate chthes?
- How many bottles of beer did you[V-form] drink yesterday?
Declension[edit]
declension of μπουκάλι
| case \ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μπουκάλι • | μπουκάλια • |
| genitive | μπουκαλιού • | μπουκαλιών • |
| accusative | μπουκάλι • | μπουκάλια • |
| vocative | μπουκάλι • | μπουκάλια • |
Synonyms[edit]
- μποτίλια f (botília)
- μπουκάλα f (boukála, “large bottle”)
- φιάλη f (fiáli, “bottle, gas cylinder”)
- (obsolete) βύτη n (výti)
- (obsolete) βαύκαλη n (váfkali)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ μπουκάλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ μπουκάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ Varia Africana. (1918). United States: African Department of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, p. 303
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
Φιάλη (δοχείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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