φωλιά

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φωλεά (phōleá), an alternative form of φωλεός (phōleós, “den, lair”), with the ending replaced by -ιά (-iá).

Noun

φωλιά • (foliá) f (plural φωλιές)

1. animal's home: burrow (rabbit), den (lion, tiger, wolf, etc), drey (squirrel), earth (fox), eyrie (eagle), form (hare), hive (bee), holt (otter), lair (tiger), lodge (beaver), rookery (rook), sett (badger), vespiary (wasp), warren (rabbit)
2. (figuratively) hideout
3. (figuratively) den

Declension

Declension of φωλιά

	singular	plural
nominative	φωλιά (foliá)	φωλιές (foliés)
genitive	φωλιάς (foliás)	φωλιών (folión)
accusative	φωλιά (foliá)	φωλιές (foliés)
vocative	φωλιά (foliá)	φωλιές (foliés)

Derived terms

• αλεποφωλιά f (alepofoliá, “foxhole”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: φώλι (fóli)
  • → Azerbaijani: fal (“nest-egg”), fala
    • → Georgian: ფალ (pal, “nest-egg”) — Ingilo
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فول (fol, “nest-egg”)
    • Turkish: fol, fala, hal, hol, höl, holu (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Greek: αποφώλι (apofóli)
  • ⇒ Pontic Greek: πιφώλι (pifóli), πιφώλ’ (pifól’) — Ophitic
    • → Laz: პიჶოლი (p̌ifoli), კიჶოლი (ǩifoli), კუჶოლი (ǩufoli)
    • → Turkish: pifoli — Rize

Further reading

• φωλιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el