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Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾi.pa/
- Hyphenation: τρύ‧πα
Etymology 1
Inherited from Hellenistic Koine Greek τρῦπα (trûpa).
Noun
τρύπα • (trýpa) f (plural τρύπες)
- hole
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- βγάζω το φίδι απ' την τρύπα (vgázo to fídi ap' tin trýpa, literally “to get the snake out of the hole”)
- κάνω μια τρύπα στο νερό (káno mia trýpa sto neró, “labour in vain”, literally “to make a hole in water”)
- μαύρη τρύπα f (mávri trýpa, “black hole”)
- τρυπάρα f (trypára, “large hole, pothole”)
- τρυπίτσα f (trypítsa, “perforation, small hole”)
- τρυπούλα f (trypoúla, “perforation, small hole”)
Related terms
- τρυπάνι n (trypáni, “drill”)
- τρυπάνιση (trypánisi, “drilling”)
- τρυπανίζω (trypanízo, “to bore, to drill”)
- τρυπητήρι n (trypitíri, “awl, punch”)
- τρυπητό n (trypitó, “strainer, colander”)
- τρυπητός (trypitós, “slotted”)
- τρυπιοχέρης (trypiochéris, “wasteful”)
- τρυποκάρυδος m (trypokárydos, “woodpecker”)
- τρυποφοβία f (trypofovía, “trypophobia”)
- τρυπώνω (trypóno, “to tack”)
- τρύπημα n (trýpima, “drilling, puncture”)
- τρύπιος (trýpios, “pitted, holey”)
- τρύπωμα n (trýpoma, “tacking”)
- and see: τρυπάω (trypáo, “pierce, make hole”), τρυπώ (trypó)
Etymology 2
Verb form.
Verb
τρύπα • (trýpa)
- 2nd person singular present imperfective imperative form of τρυπάω (trypáo) / τρυπώ.
- Alternative form: τρύπαγε (trýpage)
- 2nd person singular simple past perfective imperative form of τρυπάω (trypáo) / τρυπώ.
- Alternative form: τρύπησε (trýpise)