μόλυνση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, “defilement”) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]

Noun

μόλυνση • (mólynsi) f (plural μολύνσεις)

  1. (pathology) infection
    Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
  2. contagion
  3. (ecology) contamination, pollution
    Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)

Declension

Declension of μόλυνση
singular plural
nominative μόλυνση (mólynsi) μολύνσεις (molýnseis)
genitive μόλυνσης (mólynsis) μολύνσεων (molýnseon)
accusative μόλυνση (mólynsi) μολύνσεις (molýnseis)
vocative μόλυνση (mólynsi) μολύνσεις (molýnseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: μολύνσεως (molýnseos)

References

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

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