λαογραφία
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Greek
Etymology
From λαός (laós, “people”) + -γραφία (-grafía, “writing about”), calque of German Volkskunde. Modern sense has completely replaced the Koine Greek sense of "census".
Pronunciation
Noun
λαογραφία • (laografía) f (uncountable)
Declension
λαογραφία
| case \ number | singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | λαογραφία • |
| genitive | λαογραφίας • |
| accusative | λαογραφία • |
| vocative | λαογραφία • |
Related terms
- λαογράφος m or f (laográfos, “folklorist”)
Further reading
- λαογραφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
λαογραφία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
