νυφίτσα

Greek

Etymology

From a diminutive of νύφη (nýfi, “bride”). For similar semantic developments, compare Italian donnola and Spanish comadreja.[1]

Noun

νυφίτσα • (nyfítsa) f (plural νυφίτσες)

  1. weasel
  2. ferret
    Synonym: κουνάβι (kounávi)

Declension

Declension of νυφίτσα
singular plural
nominative νυφίτσα (nyfítsa) νυφίτσες (nyfítses)
genitive νυφίτσας (nyfítsas) —
accusative νυφίτσα (nyfítsa) νυφίτσες (nyfítses)
vocative νυφίτσα (nyfítsa) νυφίτσες (nyfítses)

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: nifitsã
  • → Bulgarian: ни́фица (nífica)
  • → Romanian: nefiță
  • → Turkish: nifitsa, finnitsa — Cyprus

References

  1. ^ “marten”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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