ρούχο
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek ροῦχον (roûkhon), borrowed from a Slavic language; see Proto-Slavic *ruxo (“garments, clothing”) (whence Serbo-Croatian ruho, Polish rucho) for more.[1] Despite superficially similar phonetics and semantics, not related to Late Latin roccus (“ecclesiastical vestment”) (the latter whence English rochet), which instead derives from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“tunic, robe”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ρούχο • (roúcho) n (plural ρούχα)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ρούχο (roúcho) | ρούχα (roúcha) |
| genitive | ρούχου (roúchou) | ρούχων (roúchon) |
| accusative | ρούχο (roúcho) | ρούχα (roúcha) |
| vocative | ρούχο (roúcho) | ρούχα (roúcha) |
Synonyms
[edit]- ένδυμα n (éndyma) (formal)
Derived terms
[edit]- ασπρόρουχο n (aspróroucho) (usually in the plural)
- εσώρουχο n (esóroucho, “underwear, undergarment”)
- πλυντήριο ρούχων n (plyntírio roúchon, “washing machine”)
- ρουχαλάκι n (rouchaláki) (diminutive)
- ρουχισμός m (rouchismós)
- φύλαγε τα ρούχα σου να ’χεις τα μισά (fýlage ta roúcha sou na ’cheis ta misá, “better safe than sorry”)
See also
[edit]- φόρεμα n (fórema, “woman's dress”)
References
[edit]- ^ ρούχο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ “roccus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011