κάστορας

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr) + nominal suffix -ας (-as).[1]

Noun

κάστορας (kástorasm (plural κάστορες)

  1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Declension

singular plural
nominative κάστορας (kástoras) κάστορες (kástores)
genitive κάστορα (kástora) καστόρων (kastóron)
accusative κάστορα (kástora) κάστορες (kástores)
vocative κάστορα (kástora) κάστορες (kástores)

References

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

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