πιτσούνι

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Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piccion(e) (as a dish) + ending (-i). The change >

  • either from a closed pronunciation of the Italian word, or from southern dialect pic(c)iuni which was perceived as singular noun [1]
  • or, because of the presence of ,[1] or influenced by older nouns ending in -ούνι like πιγούνι n (pigoúni, chin), κουδούνι n (koudoúni, bell).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈt͡su.ni/
  • Hyphenation: πι‧τσού‧νι

Noun

πιτσούνι (pitsoúnin

  1. squab (baby pigeon or dove)
  2. squab (meat of a squab)
  3. endearing term, also the diminutive πιτσουνάκι (pitsounáki)

Declension

singular plural
nominative πιτσούνι (pitsoúni) πιτσούνια (pitsoúnia)
genitive πιτσουνιού (pitsounioú) πιτσουνιών (pitsounión)
accusative πιτσούνι (pitsoúni) πιτσούνια (pitsoúnia)
vocative πιτσούνι (pitsoúni) πιτσούνια (pitsoúnia)

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 πιτσούνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ πιτσούνι - 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