παπαρούνα
Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin papaver. Compare Romanian paparoană, paparuna and Sicilian paparina.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.paˈru.na/
- Hyphenation: πα‧πα‧ρού‧να
Noun
παπαρούνα • (paparoúna) f (plural παπαρούνες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παπαρούνα (paparoúna) | παπαρούνες (paparoúnes) |
| genitive | παπαρούνας (paparoúnas) | — |
| accusative | παπαρούνα (paparoúna) | παπαρούνες (paparoúnes) |
| vocative | παπαρούνα (paparoúna) | παπαρούνες (paparoúnes) |
Descendants
- → Albanian: paparunë — Arvanitika
Further reading
- παπαρούνα - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christikó lexikó tis neoellenikís glóssas) [A Practical Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
- παπαρούνα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- παπαρούνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el