ύαινα

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See also: ὕαινα

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina),[1] from ὗς (hûs) / σῦς (sûs, pig) + -αινα (-aina).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.e.na/ compare to Ιένα (Iéna)
  • Hyphenation: ύ‧αι‧να

Noun

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ύαινα (ýainaf (plural ύαινες)

  1. hyena
  2. (figurative) malicious person, especially woman

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ύαινα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ ύαινα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Further reading

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