αγκάθι
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀκάνθιον (akánthion), diminutive of ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorny plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aŋ.ˈɡa.θi]
- Hyphenation: α‧γκά‧θι
Noun
αγκάθι • (agkáthi) n (plural αγκάθια)
- thorn, prickle
- Τα τριαντάφυλλα έχουν αγκάθια. ― Ta triantáfylla échoun agkáthia. ― Roses have thorns.
- (idiomatic) thorn in the side
- thistle
Declension
Synonyms
- (thorn): αγκίδα f (agkída)
Related terms
- αγκάθα f (agkátha, “large thorn”)
- αγκαθένιος (agkathénios, “formed from thorns”)
- αγκαθερός (agkatherós, “prickly”)
- αγκάθινος (agkáthinos, “formed from thorns”)
- αγκαθότοπος m (agkathótopos, “place with many thorns”)
- αγκαθωτό σύρμα n (agkathotó sýrma, “barbed wire”)
- αγκαθωτός (agkathotós, “prickly”)
- αγκίδα f (agkída, “splinter”)
- αγκίδι n (agkídi, “barb”)
- γαϊδουράγκαθο n (gaïdourágkatho, “cotton thistle, Scotch thistle”)
- ξυπόλυτος στ' αγκάθια (xypólytos st' agkáthia, “unprepared”, literally “barefoot into the thorns”)
Further reading
αγκάθι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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