λουλούδι

Greek

Etymology

Three possibilities from Babiniotis[1]:
1. Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Albanian lule or lulediell (“sunflower”)

2. From λειρίδιον (leirídion)/λειλίδιον (leilídion), from Koine Greek λειρίον (leiríon, “lily”)

3. From Ancient Greek *λίλιον (*lílion) (from Latin lilium (“lily”)) + -ούδι (-oúdi, diminutive)
From Kriaras[2]:
Possibly from *λίλιον (*lílion), from Latin lilium (“lily”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luˈlu.ði/
Hyphenation: λου‧λού‧δι

Noun

λουλούδι • (louloúdi) n (plural λουλούδια)

flower
Synonyms: ανθί (anthí), άνθος (ánthos)

Declension

declension of λουλούδι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •
genitive	λουλουδιού •	λουλουδιών •
accusative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •
vocative	λουλούδι •	λουλούδια •

Derived terms

ασπρολούλουδο n (asproloúloudo, “daisy, white flower”)
λουλουδάκι n (louloudáki, diminutive form)
and see: αγριολούλουδο n (agrioloúloudo, “wild flower”)

References

λουλούδι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon

Further reading

λουλούδι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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