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Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀνία (anía) & Semantic loan from French ennui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈni.a/ compare to άνοια (ánoia)
- Hyphenation: α‧νί‧α
Noun
ανία • (anía) f (uncountable)
- boredom, tedium, ennui
1956, Μ. Καραγάτσης, Ο κίτρινος φάκελος:[...] κι ο Μάνος, για να διασκεδάσει την ανία του άρχισε να περιεργάζεται τους δέκα ανθρώπους του σαλονιού.- [...] ki o Mános, gia na diaskedásei tin anía tou árchise na periergázetai tous déka anthrópous tou salonioú.
- and Manos, in order to disperse his boredom, he began to scrutinize the ten people in the living room.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ανία (anía)
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ανίες (aníes)
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| genitive
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ανίας (anías)
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ανιών (anión)
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| accusative
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ανία (anía)
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ανίες (aníes)
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| vocative
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ανία (anía)
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ανίες (aníes)
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Usually in the singular.
- ανιαρά (aniará, “tediously, boringly”, adverb)
- ανιαρός (aniarós, “boring, tedious”, adjective)
- ανιαρότητα f (aniarótita, “dullness, boredom”)
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