σκασμός

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Greek

Etymology

From σκάζω (skázo, burst) / σκάω (skáo), stem σκασ- as in past tense έσκασα (éskasa), + -μός (-mós).[1] Compare to σκασίλα f (skasíla), σκάσιμο n (skásimo). The medieval σκασμός (skasmós), of different sense.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /skaˈzmos/

  • Hyphenation: σκα‧σμός

Noun

σκασμός (skasmósm (plural σκασμοί)

  1. suffocation or asphyxia caused by overindulgence, usually of food, chiefly in set phrases
    τρώω του σκασμούtróo tou skasmoúI eat so much I can't breathe

Declension

Declension of σκασμός
singular plural
nominative σκασμός (skasmós) σκασμοί (skasmoí)
genitive σκασμού (skasmoú) σκασμών (skasmón)
accusative σκασμό (skasmó) σκασμούς (skasmoús)
vocative σκασμέ (skasmé) σκασμοί (skasmoí)

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Interjection

σκασμός! (skasmós!)

  1. (colloquial, somewhat offensive) shut up, shut it, be quiet
    Σκασμός! Ο κόσμος προσπαθεί να κοιμηθεί!
    Skasmós! O kósmos prospatheí na koimitheí!
    Shut up! People are trying to sleep!

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References

  1. ^ σκασμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language