φονιάς

Greek

Etymology

From φόνος (fónos, “murder, killing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /foˈɲas/
Hyphenation: φο‧νιάς

Noun

φονιάς • (foniás) m (plural φονιάδες, feminine φόνισσα)

murderer, killer, slayer (one who kills or murders)
- 1976, Nikos Gatsos (lyrics), Manos Hadjidakis (music), “Ο Γιάννης Ο Φονιάς [Giannis The Killer]”, in Αθανασία [Immortality], performed by Manolis Mitsias:
  Ο Γιάννης ο φονιάς,
  Παιδί μιας Πατρινιάς
  κι ενός Μεσολογγίτη.
  O Giánnis o foniás,
  Paidí mias Patriniás
  ki enós Mesolongíti.
  Giannis the killer,
  Child of a Patras woman
  And a Missolonghi man.

Declension

declension of φονιάς

	singular	plural
nominative	φονιάς •	φονιάδες •
genitive	φονιά •	φονιάδων •
accusative	φονιά •	φονιάδες •
vocative	φονιά •	φονιάδες •

Synonyms

δολοφόνος m (dolofónos)
ανθρωποκτόνος m (anthropoktónos)

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