φασούλι
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faˈsu.li/
- Hyphenation: φα‧σού‧λι
Etymology 1
Inherited from Byzantine Greek φασούλιν (phasoúlin), diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φάσουλος (phásoulos), from φασίολος (phasíolos), from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, itself from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). Also see φασόλι (fasóli).
Noun
φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)
- (colloquial) alternative form of φασόλι (fasóli, “bean”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
| genitive | φασουλιού (fasoulioú) | φασουλιών (fasoulión) |
| accusative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
| vocative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
Related terms
- αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
- φασουλής m (fasoulís, “a puppet theatre character”)
and colloquial variations:
- φασουλάκι (fasouláki), of φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
- φασουλάδα (fasouláda), of φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
- φασουλιά (fasouliá), of φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian fasullo (“fake”), plural fasulli, mistaken for singular φασούλι (fasoúli, “bean”) by pseudoetymology.[1]
Noun
φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) an unexpected problem
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
| genitive | φασουλιού (fasoulioú) | φασουλιών (fasoulión) |
| accusative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
| vocative | φασούλι (fasoúli) | φασούλια (fasoúlia) |
References
- ^ φασούλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language