λαογραφία
Greek
Etymology
From λαός (laós, “people”) + -γραφία (-grafía, “writing about”), calque of German Volkskunde. Modern sense has completely replaced the Koine Greek sense of "census".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laoɣɾaˈfia/
- Hyphenation: λα‧ο‧γρα‧φί‧α
Noun
λαογραφία • (laografía) f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | λαογραφία (laografía) |
| genitive | λαογραφίας (laografías) |
| accusative | λαογραφία (laografía) |
| vocative | λαογραφία (laografía) |
Related terms
- λαογράφος m or f (laográfos, “folklorist”)
Further reading
- λαογραφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- λαογραφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el