κακομάζαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formed in Judeo-Greek, from κᾰκο- (kako-, bad) + Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál, luck) + -ος (-os), but spread into general (Christian) Greek by the late Byzantine period.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κᾰκομᾰ́ζᾱλος • (kakomázālos) m (feminine κᾰκομᾰζᾱ́λη, neuter κᾰκομᾰ́ζᾱλον); first/second declension

  1. ill-fated, miserable

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: κακομάζαλος (kakomázalos)

References

  1. Lily Kahn with Aaron D. Rubin (2016) chapter 8, in Handbook of Jewish Languages, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακομάζαλος (kakomázalos).

Adjective

κακομάζαλος • (kakomázalos) m (feminine κακομάζαλη, neuter κακομάζαλο)

  1. ill-fated, miserable

Declension

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