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μπογιά
paint (the substance used to color surfaces) /boˈʝa/
nounC1#3318 most common
Also: dye, coat of paint
Example sentences
Η μπογιά είναι κόκκινη.
The paint is red.
Αγόρασα μια μπογιά για τον τοίχο.
I bought a paint for the wall.
Ο μπαμπάς βάφει την πόρτα με μπογιά.
Dad is painting the door with paint.
Τα ρούχα μου λερώθηκαν με μπογιά.
My clothes got stained with paint.
Χρειαζόμαστε δύο μπογιές για να βάψουμε καλά το δωμάτιο.
We need two coats of paint to paint the room properly.
Η μυρωδιά της μπογιάς είχε γεμίσει όλο το σπίτι μετά τον ελαιοχρωματισμό.
The smell of the paint had filled the whole house after the paint job.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η μπογιά | οι μπογιές |
| Genitive | της μπογιάς | των μπογιών |
| Accusative | τη μπογιά | τις μπογιές |
| Vocative | μπογιά | μπογιές |
Word family
μπογιατίζωto paint, to coat with paint
μπογιατζήςhouse painter
μπογιατισμένοςpainted, coated with paint
ξεμπογιάζωto strip paint off, to lose color
Etymology
Μπογιά comes from Turkish boya, meaning paint or dye. The word entered Greek during the centuries of Ottoman rule, along with many other everyday household and craft terms. It stayed close to its original sound and meaning, and Greek then built its own family of words on top of it, such as μπογιατζής for a painter.
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