ύαινα

See also: ὕαινα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina),[1] from ὗς (hûs) / σῦς (sûs, “pig”) + -αινα (-aina).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.e.na/ compare to Ιένα (Iéna)
  • Hyphenation: ύ‧αι‧να

Noun

ύαινα • (ýaina) f (plural ύαινες)

  1. hyena
  2. (figurative) malicious person, especially woman

Declension

Declension of ύαινα
singular plural
nominative ύαινα (ýaina) ύαινες (ýaines)
genitive ύαινας (ýainas) υαινών (yainón)
accusative ύαινα (ýaina) ύαινες (ýaines)
vocative ύαινα (ýaina) ύαινες (ýaines)

References

  1. ^ ύαινα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ ύαινα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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