πανούκλα
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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin panicula (“swelling, tumour”).
The figurative sense "troublesome woman" has been extracted from the phrase έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla).
Noun
πανούκλα • (panoúkla) f (plural πανούκλες)
- (medicine) plague
- (veterinary, specifically) disease of pigs
- (figuratively) plague (of locusts; of Nazis)
- (figuratively) troublesome woman
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πανούκλα (panoúkla) | πανούκλες (panoúkles) |
| genitive | πανούκλας (panoúklas) | πανουκλών (panouklón) |
| accusative | πανούκλα (panoúkla) | πανούκλες (panoúkles) |
| vocative | πανούκλα (panoúkla) | πανούκλες (panoúkles) |
Derived terms
- έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla, “outside: a doll; inside: a plague”)
See also
- πανδημία f (pandimía, “pandemic”)
Further reading
- πανούκλα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
πανούκλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
