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πυροβολισμός
gunshot /pi.ro.vo.liˈzmos/
nounB1#1059 most common
Also: shot, shooting
Example sentences
Άκουσα έναν πυροβολισμό.
I heard a gunshot.
Ο πυροβολισμός ήταν πολύ δυνατός.
The gunshot was very loud.
Η αστυνομία ερευνά τον πυροβολισμό στο κέντρο της πόλης.
The police are investigating the shooting downtown.
Μετά τους πυροβολισμούς, όλοι έτρεξαν να κρυφτούν.
After the gunshots, everyone ran to hide.
Ο πυροβολισμός τον τραυμάτισε σοβαρά στο πόδι.
The gunshot seriously injured him in the leg.
Οι μάρτυρες περιέγραψαν λεπτομερώς την ακολουθία των πυροβολισμών που ακούστηκαν εκείνο το βράδυ.
The witnesses described in detail the sequence of gunshots heard that night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ο πυροβολισμός | οι πυροβολισμοί |
| Genitive | του πυροβολισμού | των πυροβολισμών |
| Accusative | τον πυροβολισμό | τους πυροβολισμούς |
| Vocative | πυροβολισμέ | πυροβολισμοί |
Word family
Etymology
The word is built from πυρ (fire), the verb βάλλω (to throw, to hit), and the suffix -ισμός, which turns a verb into a noun naming an action. Together they describe the act of firing a weapon, literally something like throwing fire. πυρ goes back to a well-established Indo-European root for fire, while the origin of βάλλω is less certain and may predate Greek's Indo-European layer.
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