κουβάς
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουβάς (koubás), from Ottoman Turkish قوغه (koğa, kova) (Turkish kova) + -ς (-s)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈvas/
- Hyphenation: κου‧βάς
Noun
κουβάς • (kouvás) m (plural κουβάδες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κουβάς (kouvás) | κουβάδες (kouvádes) |
| genitive | κουβά (kouvá) | κουβάδων (kouvádon) |
| accusative | κουβά (kouvá) | κουβάδες (kouvádes) |
| vocative | κουβά (kouvá) | κουβάδες (kouvádes) |
Derived terms
- κουβαδάκι n (kouvadáki, “small bucket, -chiefly, children's toy-”)
Further reading
- κουβάς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language