πατσαβούρα
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Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- πατσαβούρι n (patsavoúri) (less frequent)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Venetan spazzadura with deletion of [s] and [d>ð>v], from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)
- a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
- any squashed piece of cloth or paper
- (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
- (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) | πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres) |
| genitive | πατσαβούρας (patsavoúras) | - |
| accusative | πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) | πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres) |
| vocative | πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) | πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres) |
Related terms
[edit]- παλιοπατσαβούρα f (paliopatsavoúra, “dirty old swab”)
- πατσαβουριάζω (patsavouriázo, “squash”)
- πατσαβουρόπιτα f (patsavourópita, “kind of cake with squashed phyllo”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra), پاچاورا (paçavra), پچاوره (paçavra), փաչավրա (paçavra) — Armeno-Turkish
References
[edit]- ^ πατσαβούρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πατσαβούρα - 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