λυγμός

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek λυγμός (lugmós, “hiccup”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɣˈmos/
  • Hyphenation: λυγ‧μός

Noun

λυγμός • (lygmós) m (plural λυγμοί)

  1. sob (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
    Synonym: αναφιλητό n (anafilitó)
    κλαίω με λυγμούς ― klaío me lygmoús ― to sob (literally, “to cry with sobs”)

Declension

Declension of λυγμός
singular plural
nominative λυγμός (lygmós) λυγμοί (lygmoí)
genitive λυγμού (lygmoú) λυγμών (lygmón)
accusative λυγμό (lygmó) λυγμούς (lygmoús)
vocative λυγμέ (lygmé) λυγμοί (lygmoí)

References

  1. ^ λυγμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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