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καλύβα
hut /kaˈli.va/
nounB2#2226 most common
Also: cabin, shack, shanty
Example sentences
Αυτή είναι μια μικρή καλύβα.
This is a small hut.
Ο ψαράς μένει σε μια ξύλινη καλύβα δίπλα στη θάλασσα.
The fisherman lives in a wooden hut next to the sea.
Όταν άρχισε να βρέχει, τρέξαμε να κρυφτούμε μέσα στην καλύβα.
When it started to rain, we ran to hide inside the hut.
Στο χωριό σώζονται ακόμη μερικές πέτρινες καλύβες των βοσκών.
In the village a few stone shepherds' huts still survive.
Παρά τη φτώχεια της, η καλύβα ήταν πάντα ζεστή και φιλόξενη.
Despite its poverty, the hut was always warm and welcoming.
Οι τελευταίες ετοιμόρροπες καλύβες των προσφύγων κατεδαφίστηκαν για να ανεγερθούν πολυκατοικίες.
The last dilapidated refugee huts were demolished so that apartment blocks could be erected.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | καλύβα | καλύβες |
| Genitive | καλύβας | καλυβών |
| Accusative | καλύβα | καλύβες |
| Vocative | καλύβα | καλύβες |
Word family
καλύβιsmall hut, cabin (neuter)
καλυβάκιlittle hut (diminutive, neuter)
καλύπτωto cover
κάλυμμαcover, covering, case (neuter)
Etymology
Modern Greek καλύβα continues Ancient Greek καλύβη (kalýbē) 'hut, cabin'. It is traditionally connected with the verb καλύπτω 'to cover', a καλύβα being understood as a simple 'covered' shelter, though some scholars treat the word as of Pre-Greek origin and regard that link as uncertain. The same Greek stem is often cited as a possible source for Late Latin words for a hut.
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