μόρτης

Probably derived, through Turkish, from Italian morti, plural of morto (“dead”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾtis/
• Hyphenation: μόρ‧της

μόρτης • (mórtis) m (plural μόρτηδες, feminine μόρτισσα)

1. (historical, literally) gravedigger (someone immune to plague who was paid to bury the bodies of those affected)
2. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) lowlife, lout, bum, ragamuffin, scoundrel (untrustworthy, despicable or disreputable person)
   • 1968, “Η Δουλειά Κάνει Τους Άντρες [Hard Work Makes The Man]”, in Manos Eleutheriou (lyrics), Manos Loïzos (music), Ο σταθμός [The Station], performed by Dimitris Efstathiou:

     Το πλαστό το πασαπόρτι,
     σαν και την καρδιά σου, μόρτη.

     To plastó to pasapórti,
     san kai tin kardiá sou, mórti.

     The forged passport,
     Is like your heart, you lowlife.

• (gravedigger): νεκροθάφτης m (nekrotháftis)
• (lowlife, scoundrel): αλήτης m (alítis), αλάνι n (aláni), μάγκας m (mágkas)

• μορτάκι n (mortáki) (diminutive noun)
• μόρτικος (mórtikos) (adjective)
• μόρτικα (mórtika) (adverb)