μόλυνση
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, “defilement”) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]
Noun
[edit]μόλυνση • (mólynsi) f (plural μολύνσεις)
- (pathology) infection
- Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
- contagion
- (ecology) contamination, pollution
- Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- αναμόλυνση f (anamólynsi, “reinfection”)
References
[edit]- ^ μόλυνση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
Μόλυνση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Greek terms borrowed from Koine Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Koine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Koine Greek
- Greek terms suffixed with -ση
- Greek semantic loans from English
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- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- el:Pathology
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- Greek nouns declining like 'δύναμη'