βλάμης

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Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian vëllam, vllam.

Pronunciation

Noun

βλάμης (vlámism (plural βλάμηδες, feminine βλάμισσα) (dialectal, dated)

  1. blood brother
    Synonyms: αδελφοποιτός (adelfopoitós), σταυραδερφός (stavraderfós)
  2. friend, companion
    Synonyms: φίλος (fílos), σύντροφος (sýntrofos)
  3. brave, tough man
    Synonyms: παλικαράς (palikarás), μάγκας (mágkas), κουτσαβάκης (koutsavákis)
  4. lover
    Synonym: εραστής (erastís)

Declension

Declension of βλάμης
singular plural
nominative βλάμης (vlámis) βλάμηδες (vlámides)
genitive βλάμη (vlámi) βλάμηδων (vlámidon)
accusative βλάμη (vlámi) βλάμηδες (vlámides)
vocative βλάμη (vlámi) βλάμηδες (vlámides)

Derived terms

References

  • βλάμης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “vɛłā́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 469f.