κρούσμα

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κροῦσμα (kroûsma),[1] from Ancient Greek κροῦμα (kroûma, beat, stroke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾu.zma/
  • Hyphenation: κρού‧σμα

Noun

κρούσμα (kroúsman (plural κρούσματα)

  1. (epidemiology) case (an instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
  2. case, instance (single occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon)

Declension

Declension of κρούσμα
singular plural
nominative κρούσμα (kroúsma) κρούσματα (kroúsmata)
genitive κρούσματος (kroúsmatos) κρουσμάτων (krousmáton)
accusative κρούσμα (kroúsma) κρούσματα (kroúsmata)
vocative κρούσμα (kroúsma) κρούσματα (kroúsmata)

References

  1. ^ κρούσμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language