νενέ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nene"
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish nine (“grandmother”)[1][2]
- (but note that Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē, “grandmother”) is attested from the 1st century AD.)
Noun
[edit]νενέ • (nené) f
- (colloquial) grandmother
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νενέ (nené) | νενέδες (nenédes) |
| genitive | νενές (nenés) | νενέδων (nenédon) |
| accusative | νενέ (nené) | νενέδες (nenédes) |
| vocative | νενέ (nené) | νενέδες (nenédes) |
Synonyms
[edit]- see: γιαγιά f (giagiá)
References
[edit]- ^ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
- ^ νενέ - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.