κουβάς

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουβάς (koubás), from Ottoman Turkish قوغه (koğa, kova) (Turkish kova) + -ς (-s)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈvas/
Hyphenation: κου‧βάς

Noun

κουβάς • (kouvás) m (plural κουβάδες)

bucket

Declension

declension of κουβάς

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	κουβάς •	κουβάδες •
genitive	κουβά •	κουβάδων •
accusative	κουβά •	κουβάδες •
vocative	κουβά •	κουβάδες •

Derived terms

κουβαδάκι n (kouvadáki, “small bucket, -chiefly, children's toy-”)

Further reading

κουβάς - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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