κουνέλι
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian coniglio (dialectal cunelo, plural cuneli). Hellenistic Koine noun κύνικλος m (kúniklos), (rare κόνικλος (kóniklos)). Also see Latin cunīculus.[1] Compare English cony.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κουνέλι • (kounéli) n (plural κουνέλια)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | κουνέλι (kounéli) | κουνέλια (kounélia) |
genitive | κουνελιού (kounelioú) | κουνελιών (kounelión) |
accusative | κουνέλι (kounéli) | κουνέλια (kounélia) |
vocative | κουνέλι (kounéli) | κουνέλια (kounélia) |
Synonyms
[edit]- (obsolete) κόνικλος m (kóniklos) (found in compounds)
Derived terms
[edit]- κουνελάκι n (kouneláki, “baby rabbit, bunny”) (diminutive)
- κούνελος m (koúnelos)
- κουνέλα f (kounéla)
- το πνίγει το κουνέλι (to pnígei to kounéli, “has sexual intercourses”) (unexpected, showing surprise)
Related terms
[edit]- κονικλοτροφείο n (koniklotrofeío, “rabbit farm”)
- κονικλοτροφία f (koniklotrofía, “the breeding of rabbits”)
See also
[edit]- λαγός m (lagós, “hare”)
References
[edit]- ^ κουνέλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]- κουνέλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el