πανούκλα
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin panicula (“swelling, tumour”).
The figurative sense "troublesome woman" has been extracted from the phrase έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla).
Noun
πανούκλα • (panoúkla) f (plural πανούκλες)
Declension
declension of πανούκλα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | πανούκλα • | πανούκλες • |
genitive | πανούκλας • | πανουκλών • |
accusative | πανούκλα • | πανούκλες • |
vocative | πανούκλα • | πανούκλες • |
Derived terms
- έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla, “outside: a doll; inside: a plague”)
See also
- πανδημία f (pandimía, “pandemic”)
Further reading
- πανούκλα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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