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λουλούδι

λουλούδι

Greek

Noun

λουλούδι • ‎(louloúdi) n ‎(plural λουλούδια)

flower

Declension

declension of λουλούδι

	singular	plural
nominative	λουλούδι	λουλούδια
genitive	λουλουδιού	λουλουδιών
accusative	λουλούδι	λουλούδια
vocative	λουλούδι	λουλούδια

Synonyms

ανθί n ‎(anthí, “flower”)
άνθος n ‎(ánthos, “flower”)

Derived terms

see: αγριολούλουδο n ‎(agrioloúloudo, “wild flower”)

References

↑ Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary], 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
↑ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon

Etymology

Three possibilities from Babiniotis^[1]:

1. Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Albanian lule

2. From λειρίδιον ‎(leirídion)/λειλίδιον ‎(leilídion), from Koine Greek λειρίον ‎(leiríon, “lily”)

3. From Ancient Greek *λίλιον ‎(*lílion) (from Latin lilium ‎(“lily”)) + -ούδι ‎(-oúdi, diminutive)
From Kriaras^[2]:
Possibly from *λίλιον ‎(*lílion), from Latin lilium ‎(“lily”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [luˈluði]
Hyphenation: λου‧λού‧δι