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κάπνισμα
smoking /ˈkap.ni.zma/
nounB2#2865 most common
Also: a smoke (an act of smoking)
Example sentences
Το κάπνισμα κάνει κακό.
Smoking is bad for you.
Απαγορεύεται το κάπνισμα εδώ.
Smoking is prohibited here.
Σταμάτησε το κάπνισμα πριν από δύο χρόνια.
He stopped smoking two years ago.
Το κάπνισμα αυξάνει τον κίνδυνο καρκίνου του πνεύμονα.
Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
Οι βλαβερές συνέπειες του καπνίσματος είναι γνωστές εδώ και δεκαετίες.
The harmful effects of smoking have been known for decades.
Η απαγόρευση του καπνίσματος σε δημόσιους χώρους μείωσε σημαντικά τα κρούσματα αναπνευστικών παθήσεων.
The smoking ban in public places significantly reduced cases of respiratory illness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το κάπνισμα | τα καπνίσματα |
| Genitive | του καπνίσματος | των καπνισμάτων |
| Accusative | το κάπνισμα | τα καπνίσματα |
| Vocative | κάπνισμα | καπνίσματα |
Word family
Etymology
Κάπνισμα is built from the verb καπνίζω, meaning to smoke, which itself comes from καπνός, meaning smoke. The suffix -μα turns a verb into a noun naming the resulting action, so κάπνισμα literally means the act of producing smoke, that is, smoking. The origin of καπνός itself is debated among linguists, and some consider it a word Greek borrowed from a pre-Greek substrate language rather than inherited Indo-European vocabulary.
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