πρόσφυγας

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πρόσφυξ (prósphux).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾo.sfi.ɣas/
  • Hyphenation: πρό‧σφυ‧γας

Noun

πρόσφυγας • (prósfygas) m (plural πρόσφυγες)

  1. refugee

Declension

Declension of πρόσφυγας
singular plural
nominative πρόσφυγας (prósfygas) πρόσφυγες (prósfyges)
genitive πρόσφυγα (prósfyga) προσφύγων (prosfýgon)
accusative πρόσφυγα (prósfyga) πρόσφυγες (prósfyges)
vocative πρόσφυγα (prósfyga) πρόσφυγες (prósfyges)

Derived terms

  • (diminutive) προσφυγάκι n (prosfygáki)
  • προσφυγιά f (prosfygiá)
  • προσφυγικός (prosfygikós)
  • προσφυγοπούλα f (prosfygopoúla)
  • προσφυγόπουλο n (prosfygópoulo)

References

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

Further reading

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