κακός (kakós)

English: bad

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Linguistic Information

Word Typeadjective
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About κακός

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Pronunciation

IPA: kaˈkos

Definitions & Examples

  • adjective:
    bad, evil, ill, wicked
    Examples:
    • κακοί άνθρωποι (kakoí ánthropoi) — wicked people
    • κακό μάτι (kakó máti) — evil eye
    • κακοί τρόποι (kakoí trópoi) — bad manners
    • κακής ποιότητας (kakís poiótitas) — of poor quality, shoddy

Declension Table

neuter word

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeπεσιμιστικόςπεσιμιστικοί
genitiveπεσιμιστικούπεσιμιστικών
accusativeπεσιμιστικόπεσιμιστικούς
vocativeπεσιμιστικόπεσιμιστικοί

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

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