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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μαλακία (malakía, “self-indulgence, weakness”), from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft, effeminate”).
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- Hyphenation: μα‧λα‧κί‧α
Noun
μαλακία • (malakía) f (plural μαλακίες)
- (colloquial, vulgar) masturbation, wanking
Η μαλακία σε κάνει τυφλό.- I malakía se kánei tyfló.
- Wanking makes you blind.
- (colloquial, vulgar, figuratively) stupidity, idiocy, nonsense, bullshit
Όλο κάθεται και λέει μαλακίες.- Ólo káthetai kai léei malakíes.
- All he does is sit around and talk bullshit.
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