χαστούκι

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek χαστούκι (khastoúki), of unknown etymology.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaˈstu.ci/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧στού‧κι

Noun

χαστούκι (chastoúkin (plural χαστούκια)

  1. smack, slap (blow on the cheek given with the open hand)
    Η Τζένη του έδωσε χαστούκι όταν προσπάθησε να της βάλει χέρι.
    I Tzéni tou édose chastoúki ótan prospáthise na tis válei chéri.
    Jenny gave him a slap when he tried to grope her.
    ανάποδο χαστούκιanápodo chastoúkibackhander (slap with the back of the hand)
  2. (figuratively) blow (damaging occurrence)
    Η ζωή του έδωσε πολλά χαστούκια αλλά το μεγαλύτερο ήταν ο θάνατος της γυναίκας του.
    I zoḯ tou édose pollá chastoúkia allá to megalýtero ítan o thánatos tis gynaíkas tou.
    Life dealt him many blows, but the biggest was the death of his wife.

Declension

Declension of χαστούκι
singular plural
nominative χαστούκι (chastoúki) χαστούκια (chastoúkia)
genitive χαστουκιού (chastoukioú) χαστουκιών (chastoukión)
accusative χαστούκι (chastoúki) χαστούκια (chastoúkia)
vocative χαστούκι (chastoúki) χαστούκια (chastoúkia)

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References

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