βλακεία (vlakía)
English: idiocy
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Linguistic Information
Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular
About βλακεία
As a noun, βλακεία is of the feminine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: βλα‧κεί‧α
Definitions & Examples
- noun:(psychiatry, dated) learning difficulties, mental retardation (of a moderate degree)
- noun:(by extension) nonsense, stupidity, idiocy, rubbish (something foolish)Examples:
- Synonyms: ανοησία (anoïsía), χαζομάρα (chazomára), ηλιθιότητα (ilithiótita), κουταμάρα (koutamára), σαχλαμάρα (sachlamára)
- Ήταν μεγάλη βλακεία αυτό που έκανες.Ítan megáli vlakeía aftó pou ékanes.
- What you did was very stupid.
- (literally, “What you did was a great stupidity.”)
Declension Table
feminine noun
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βλακεία | βλακείες |
| genitive | βλακείας | βλακειών |
| accusative | βλακεία | βλακείες |
| vocative | βλακεία | βλακείες |
Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how βλακεία appears in different grammatical contexts.