σουβλάκι

Greek

Etymology

From σουβλί (souvlí, “skewer”), also found in Ancient Greek with the sense of "awl;" akin to Latin subula, both from Proto-Indo-European *sīw- (“to sew”).

Noun

σουβλάκι • (souvláki) n (plural σουβλάκια)

  1. souvlaki a kind of fast food consisting of small chunks of meat cooked on a short skewer
  2. diminutive form of σουβλί

Declension
declension of σουβλάκι
singular plural
nominative σουβλάκι • σουβλάκια •
genitive σουβλακιού • σουβλακιών •
accusative σουβλάκι • σουβλάκια •
vocative σουβλάκι • σουβλάκια •

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