πομφόλυγα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pom.pʰó.ly.ɡa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pomˈpʰo.ly.ɡa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pomˈɸo.ly.ɣa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pomˈfo.ly.ɣa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pomˈfo.li.ɣa/

Noun

πομφόλῠγᾰ • (pomphólŭgă) f

accusative singular of πομφόλῠξ (pomphólŭx)

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poɱˈfoliɣa/
Hyphenation: πομ‧φό‧λυ‧γα

Etymology 1

Feminine noun from Ancient Greek πομφόλῠξ from accusative πομφόλῠγᾰ.

Alternative forms

πομφόλυγας m (pomfólygas)
πομφόλυξ f (pomfólyx) (Katharevousa)

Noun

πομφόλυγα • (pomfólyga) f (plural πομφόλυγες)

(medicine) blister
bubble
(figuratively, derogatory) speech without meaning, blather

Declension

Declension of **πομφόλυγα**
	singular	plural
nominative	πομφόλυγα (pomfólyga)	πομφόλυγες (pomfólyges)
genitive	πομφόλυγας (pomfólygas)	πομφολύγων (pomfolýgon)
accusative	πομφόλυγα (pomfólyga)	πομφόλυγες (pomfólyges)
vocative	πομφόλυγα (pomfólyga)	πομφόλυγες (pomfólyges)

Synonyms

(blister):

πομφός m (pomfós) (medicine, formal)
φλύκταινα f (flýktaina) (medicine)
φουσκάλα f (fouskála)

(bubble):

φυσαλίδα f (fysalída)
and μπουρμπουλήθρα f (bourmpoulíthra)

(figuratively):

αερολογία f (aerología, “lit: words of the air”)
μπούρδα f (boúrda) (colloquial, pejorative)
φληνάφημα n (flináfima) (formal, pejorative)

Related terms

see: πομφός (pomfós)

Etymology 2

Inflectional form of the masculine noun.

Noun

πομφόλυγα • (pomfólyga) m (with article: του πομφόλυγα)

genitive/accusative/vocative singular of πομφόλυγας (pomfólygas)