βούρτσα

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βούρτσα (boúrtsa), also spelled βρούτσα (broútsa, “brush”), βούρτζα (boúrtza), βρούτζα (broútza), via Vulgar Latin from Proto-Germanic *burstiz.

Noun

βούρτσα • (voúrtsa) f (plural βούρτσες)

broom, brush (for cleaning and sweeping)
paintbrush
hairbrush

Declension

declension of βούρτσα

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	βούρτσα •	βούρτσες •
genitive	βούρτσας •	βουρτσών •
accusative	βούρτσα •	βούρτσες •
vocative	βούρτσα •	βούρτσες •

Related terms

αβούρτσιστος (avoúrtsistos, “unbrushed”)
οδοντόβουρτσα f (odontóvourtsa, “toothbrush”)

See also

πινέλο n (pinélo, “paintbrush”)

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fırça”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
βούρτσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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