ψείρα
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See also: ψεῖρα
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ɾa/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿ˈbzi.ɾa/
- with article, masculine singular accusative τον (ton): IPA(key): /tom‿bzi.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: ψεί‧ρα
Noun
ψείρα • (pseíra) f (plural ψείρες)
- louse (parasite)
- (figurative, mostly in plural) extremely small size of letters (difficult to read)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψείρα (pseíra) | ψείρες (pseíres) |
| genitive | ψείρας (pseíras) | ψειρών (pseirón) |
| accusative | ψείρα (pseíra) | ψείρες (pseíres) |
| vocative | ψείρα (pseíra) | ψείρες (pseíres) |
Related terms
- ξεψειριάζω (xepseiriázo)
- ξεψείρισμα n (xepseírisma)
- ψείρας m (pseíras)
- ψειριάζω (pseiriázo)
- ψειριάρης (pseiriáris)
- ψειριάρικος (pseiriárikos)
- ψείριασμα n (pseíriasma)
- ψείρισμα n (pseírisma)
- ψειρού f (pseiroú, “jail”) (argot)
compounds
- κοτόψειρα f (kotópseira, “louse of hen”)
- μουνόψειρα f (mounópseira, “crab louse”)
- ξανθόψειρα f (xanthópseira)
See also
- Older spelling: ψεῖρα
Noun
ψείρα • (pseíra) m
- genitive/accusative/vocative singular of ψείρας (pseíras)
Further reading
- ψείρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ψείρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
