νοικοκύρης (nikokíris)

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About νοικοκύρης

As a noun, νοικοκύρης is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: νοι‧κο‧κύ‧ρης

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    head of household, householder
  • noun:
    (familiar) master (someone who has control (in a locality))
  • noun:
    (familiar) landlord (a person that leases real property; a lessor)
    Examples:
    • Synonym: σπιτονοικοκύρης m (spitonoikokýris)
  • noun:
    (masculine only) man of means

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeνοικοκύρηςνοικοκύρηδες
genitiveνοικοκύρηνοικοκύρηδων
accusativeνοικοκύρηνοικοκύρηδες
vocativeνοικοκύρηνοικοκύρηδες

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how νοικοκύρης appears in different grammatical contexts.

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Derived Terms

  • σπιτονοικοκύρης (spitonoikokýris)"Grek"