φασόλι

Greek

Alternative forms

• φασούλι (fasoúli) (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek φασόλιν (phasólin) < *φασιόλιον, from diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φασίολος (phasíolos), a reborrowing from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) a bean probably of the Vigna genus. Also see φασούλι.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈso.li/
• Hyphenation: φα‧σό‧λι

Noun

φασόλι • (fasóli) n (plural φασόλια)

1. bean, of the genus Phaseolus

Declension

Declension of φασόλι

	singular	plural
nominative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •
genitive	φασολιού •	φασολιών •
accusative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •
vocative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •

Derived terms

• αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
• φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
• φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
• φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)
• φασίολος m (fasíolos, “bean”) (formal for taxonomic terms, Katharevousa)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: فاصولیه (fasulye, fasulya), فصولیه (fasulye, fasulya)
  • Turkish: fasulye, fasulya; fasülye
  • → Arabic: فَاصُولِيَاء (fāṣūliyāʔ)
    • → Central Kurdish: فاسولیا (fasulya)
    • → Oromo: fasooliyaa
  • → Armenian: ֆասուլյա (fasulya)
  • → Ladino: fasulya
• → Romanian: fasole

See also

• φασόλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el