νυφίτσα

Greek

Etymology

From a diminutive of νύφη (nýfi, “bride”). For similar semantic developments, compare Italian donnola and Spanish comadreja.[1]

Noun

νυφίτσα • (nyfítsa) f (plural νυφίτσες)

weasel
ferret
Synonym: κουνάβι (kounávi)

Declension

declension of νυφίτσα

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	νυφίτσα •	νυφίτσες •
genitive	νυφίτσας •	—
accusative	νυφίτσα •	νυφίτσες •
vocative	νυφίτσα •	νυφίτσες •

Coordinate terms

βιζόν n (vizón, “mink”)
ερμίνα f (ermína, “ermine”)
ζιμπελίνα f (zimpelína, “stoat, sable”)
σαμούρι n (samoúri, “sable”)

Further reading

νυφίτσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

References

“marten”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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