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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan spazzadura with deletion of and , from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.tsaˈvu.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: πα‧τσα‧βού‧ρα
Noun
πατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)
- a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
- any squashed piece of cloth or paper
- (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
- (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra)
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πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
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| genitive
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πατσαβούρας (patsavoúras)
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| accusative
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πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra)
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πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
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| vocative
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πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra)
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πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
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Descendants
References
- ^ πατσαβούρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πατσαβούρα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre