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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “bathwater, offscouring”).
Pronunciation
Noun
λύμα • (lýma) n (plural λύματα)
- wastewater
- διαχείριση αστικών λυμάτων ― diacheírisi astikón lymáton ― management of urban wastewater
Usage notes
- Note, that many compounds ending in -λυμα are related to the verb λύω (lýo, “untie; solve”), but not to λύμα (lýma).
Declension
See also
- απόβλητα n pl (apóvlita, “waste”) (collective noun)
Further reading
- “λύμα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998