παπαγάλος

Greek

Etymology

From Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɣalos/

Noun

παπαγάλος • (papagálos) m (plural παπαγάλοι)

1. parrot
2. (figuratively) a person who repeats uncritically what has been said by others

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	παπαγάλος (papagálos)	παπαγάλοι (papagáloi)
genitive	παπαγάλου (papagálou)	παπαγάλων (papagálon)
accusative	παπαγάλο (papagálo)	παπαγάλους (papagálous)
vocative	παπαγάλε (papagále)	παπαγάλοι (papagáloi)

References

• παπαγάλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language