μόλυνση
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, “defilement”) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]
Noun
μόλυνση • (mólynsi) f (plural μολύνσεις)
- (pathology) infection
- Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
- contagion
- (ecology) contamination, pollution
- Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μόλυνση (mólynsi) | μολύνσεις (molýnseis) |
| genitive | μόλυνσης (mólynsis) | μολύνσεων (molýnseon) |
| accusative | μόλυνση (mólynsi) | μολύνσεις (molýnseis) |
| vocative | μόλυνση (mólynsi) | μολύνσεις (molýnseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: μολύνσεως (molýnseos)
Related terms
- αναμόλυνση f (anamólynsi, “reinfection”)
References
- ^ μόλυνση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
Μόλυνση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
