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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σουβλί (soublí), σουβλίον (soublíon), σουβλίν (soublín), σούβλα (soúbla), σοῦβλα (soûbla), σούβλη (soúblē), σούγλη (soúglē), from Latin sūbula (“awl”).
Noun
σουβλί • (souvlí) n (plural σουβλιά)
- awl, bradawl
- Coordinate terms: (drill) αρίδα (arída), (punch) τρυπητήρι (trypitíri), (punch) διατρητής (diatritís)
- bodkin
- (uncommon) skewer
- Synonym: (more common) σούβλα (soúvla)
- Coordinate terms: (spit) οβελός (ovelós), (skewer) οβελίδιο (ovelídio)
- (in the plural) twinge (sharp, darting pain)
Declension
Declension of σουβλί
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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σουβλί (souvlí)
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σουβλιά (souvliá)
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genitive
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σουβλιού (souvlioú)
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σουβλιών (souvlión)
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accusative
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σουβλί (souvlí)
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σουβλιά (souvliá)
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vocative
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σουβλί (souvlí)
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σουβλιά (souvliá)
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- ασούβλιστος (asoúvlistos, “unskewered”, adjective)
- σουβλάκι n (souvláki, “food cooked on skewer”)
- σουβλιά f (souvliá, “stabbing pain”)
- σουβλίζω (souvlízo, “to skewer, to impale”)
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