λυγμός

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek λυγμός (lugmós, hiccup).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /liɣˈmos/
  • Hyphenation: λυγ‧μός

Noun

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λυγμός (lygmósm (plural λυγμοί)

  1. sob (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
    Synonym: αναφιλητό n (anafilitó)
    κλαίω με λυγμούςklaío me lygmoústo sob (literally, “to cry with sobs”)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ λυγμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language