φωλιά
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek φωλεά (phōleá), an alternative form of φωλεός (phōleós, “den, lair”), with the ending replaced by -ιά (-iá).
Noun
[edit]φωλιά • (foliá) f (plural φωλιές)
- animal's home: burrow (rabbit), den (lion, tiger, wolf, etc), drey (squirrel), earth (fox), eyrie (eagle), form (hare), hive (bee), holt (otter), lair (tiger), lodge (beaver), rookery (rook), sett (badger), vespiary (wasp), warren (rabbit)
- (figuratively) hideout
- (figuratively) den
Declension
[edit]Declension of φωλιά
Derived terms
[edit]- αλεποφωλιά f (alepofoliá, “foxhole”)
Further reading
[edit]φωλιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el