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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ɾas/
- Hyphenation: ψεί‧ρας
Etymology 1
Noun ψείρ(α) f (pseír(a), “louse”) + ending for masculines -ας (-as).
Noun
ψείρας • (pseíras) m
- (derogatory, of a person) punctilious, finicky, very fussy about details
- Synonyms: τελειομανής (teleiomanís), σχολαστικός (scholastikós)
- (rarely with positive meaning) very careful for details
- Synonyms: σχολαστικός (scholastikós), λεπτολόγος (leptológos)
Declension
Etymology 2
Inflectional form.
Noun
ψείρας • (pseíras) f
- Genitive singular form of ψείρα (pseíra).
Further reading
- “ψείρας”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998