ύαινα

See also: ὕαινα

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina),[1] from ὗς (hûs) / σῦς (sûs, “pig”) + -αινα (-aina).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.e.na/ compare to Ιένα (Iéna)
  • Hyphenation: ύ‧αι‧να

Noun

ύαινα • (ýaina) f (plural ύαινες)

  1. hyena
  2. (figurative) malicious person, especially woman

Declension
declension of ύαινα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ύαινα • ύαινες •
genitive ύαινας • υαινών •
accusative ύαινα • ύαινες •
vocative ύαινα • ύαινες •

References
  1. ύαινα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ύαινα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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