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λεφτάς
moneybags (a person with a lot of money) /lefˈtas/
nounA1#121 most common
Also: rich guy, the wealthy one
Example sentences
Είναι λεφτάς.
He's a moneybags.
Ο φίλος μου είναι μεγάλος λεφτάς.
My friend is a big moneybags.
Δεν είναι λεφτάς, απλώς δουλεύει σκληρά.
He's not a rich guy, he just works hard.
Έγινε λεφτάς μετά την πώληση της εταιρείας του.
He became a moneybags after selling his company.
Οι λεφτάδες της γειτονιάς αγόρασαν όλα τα ακίνητα.
The moneybags of the neighborhood bought up all the properties.
Παρόλο που φαίνεται λεφτάς, στην πραγματικότητα έχει χρέη.
Even though he looks like a moneybags, he actually has debts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | λεφτάς | λεφτάδες |
| Genitive | λεφτά | λεφτάδων |
| Accusative | λεφτά | λεφτάδες |
| Vocative | λεφτά | λεφτάδες |
Word family
Etymology
λεφτάς is built on λεφτά, the everyday Greek word for money. λεφτά itself is a colloquial reshaping of λεπτά, the plural of λεπτό, the small monetary unit once used in Greece (the lepton). The agentive suffix -άς turns the noun into a label for a person defined by that thing, in this case a person defined by having lots of it.
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