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πληγή
wound /pliˈʝi/
nounB1#1722 most common
Also: injury, blow, plague (figurative or biblical sense)
Example sentences
Έχω μια πληγή στο χέρι.
I have a wound on my hand.
Ο γιατρός καθάρισε την πληγή του παιδιού.
The doctor cleaned the child's wound.
Η πληγή άργησε να επουλωθεί.
The wound was slow to heal.
Ο χρόνος δεν έκλεισε ποτέ αυτή την πληγή.
Time never closed that wound.
Οι πληγές του πολέμου παραμένουν ανοιχτές στη συλλογική μνήμη.
The wounds of the war remain open in the collective memory.
Η διαφθορά αποτελεί ανοιχτή πληγή στο πολιτικό σύστημα της χώρας.
Corruption is an open wound in the country's political system.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η πληγή | οι πληγές |
| Genitive | της πληγής | των πληγών |
| Accusative | την πληγή | τις πληγές |
| Vocative | πληγή | πληγές |
Word family
πλήσσωto strike, to hit
πληκτικόςboring, tedious
εκπλήσσωto astonish, to surpriseεπιπλήττωto reprimand
πλήκτροkey (of a keyboard), plectrum
Etymology
Πληγή comes from the verb πλήσσω, meaning to strike or hit. The noun originally named the result of a blow, and over time it settled on the sense of a wound. Ancient Greek πληγή was borrowed into Latin as plaga, meaning a blow or wound, which later gave English the word plague.
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