εκνευρισμός
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek εκνευρισμός (ekneurismós, “cutting of tendons”) with adaptation to modern meaning of εκνευρίζω (eknevrízo, “to irritate”). By surface analysis, εκνευρίζω (eknevrízo) + -μός (-mós).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]εκνευρισμός • (eknevrismós) m
- irritation (state of being irritated)
- Near-synonym: ενόχληση f (enóchlisi, “annoyance”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | εκνευρισμός (eknevrismós) | εκνευρισμοί (eknevrismoí) |
| genitive | εκνευρισμού (eknevrismoú) | εκνευρισμών (eknevrismón) |
| accusative | εκνευρισμό (eknevrismó) | εκνευρισμούς (eknevrismoús) |
| vocative | εκνευρισμέ (eknevrismé) | εκνευρισμοί (eknevrismoí) |
Related terms
[edit]- εκνευρίζω (eknevrízo)
- εκνευριστικός (eknevristikós)
References
[edit]- ^ εκνευρισμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language