φασούλι

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faˈsu.li/
  • Hyphenation: φα‧σού‧λι

Etymology 1

Inherited from Byzantine Greek φασούλιν (phasoúlin), diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φάσουλος (phásoulos), from φασίολος (phasíolos), from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, itself from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos). Also see φασόλι (fasóli).

Noun

φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of φασόλι (fasóli, “bean”)
Declension
declension of φασούλι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φασούλι • φασούλια •
genitive φασουλιού • φασουλιών •
accusative φασούλι • φασούλια •
vocative φασούλι • φασούλια •
  • αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
  • φασουλής m (fasoulís, “a puppet theatre character”)

and colloquial variations:

  • φασουλάκι (fasouláki), of φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
  • φασουλάδα (fasouláda), of φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
  • φασουλιά (fasouliá), of φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian fasullo (“fake”), plural fasulli, mistaken for singular φασούλι (fasoúli, “bean”) by pseudoetymology.[1]

Noun

φασούλι • (fasoúli) n (plural φασούλια)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) an unexpected problem
Declension
declension of φασούλι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φασούλι • φασούλια •
genitive φασουλιού • φασουλιών •
accusative φασούλι • φασούλια •
vocative φασούλι • φασούλια •

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