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σκουπίδι
garbage (a piece of litter/refuse) /skuˈpiði/
nounA2#825 most common
Also: trash, rubbish, trash/scum (of a person, figurative)
Example sentences
Αυτό είναι ένα σκουπίδι.
This is a piece of trash.
Πέτα το σκουπίδι στον κάδο.
Throw the piece of trash in the bin.
Υπάρχουν πολλά σκουπίδια στον δρόμο.
There is a lot of garbage on the street.
Μην πετάς σκουπίδια στη θάλασσα.
Don't throw garbage into the sea.
Η πόλη γέμισε σκουπίδια λόγω της απεργίας των εργαζομένων στην καθαριότητα.
The city filled up with garbage because of the sanitation workers' strike.
Ένιωσε σαν σκουπίδι όταν τον απέρριψαν τόσο περιφρονητικά.
He felt like garbage when they rejected him so contemptuously.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | σκουπίδι | σκουπίδια |
| Genitive | σκουπιδιού | σκουπιδιών |
| Accusative | σκουπίδι | σκουπίδια |
| Vocative | σκουπίδι | σκουπίδια |
Word family
σκούπαbroom
σκουπίζωto sweep, to wipe
σκουπιδιάρηςgarbage collector, dustman
σκουπιδότοποςgarbage dump, landfill
σκουπιδοτενεκέςtrash can, dustbinEtymology
Derived from the verb σκουπίζω ("to sweep") and the noun σκούπα ("broom"), with the diminutive/result suffix -ίδι, so a σκουπίδι is literally "a thing that has been swept up." The σκουπ- root entered Greek from Latin scōpae / Italian-Venetian scopa ("broom, twigs"), not from inherited Greek stock. The neuter diminutive then specialized to mean the swept-up refuse itself.
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