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τραυματίας
injured person /trav.ma.ˈti.as/
nounC1#3569 most common
Also: casualty, wounded person
Example sentences
Ο τραυματίας είναι στο νοσοκομείο.
The injured man is in the hospital.
Ένας τραυματίας περιμένει το ασθενοφόρο.
An injured man is waiting for the ambulance.
Οι γιατροί περιέθαλψαν τον τραυματία αμέσως.
The doctors treated the injured man right away.
Υπήρχαν πολλοί τραυματίες μετά το ατύχημα.
There were many injured people after the accident.
Ο αριθμός των τραυματιών από τον σεισμό αυξάνεται συνεχώς.
The number of people injured in the earthquake keeps rising.
Η κατάσταση του βαριά τραυματία παραμένει κρίσιμη, σύμφωνα με τους γιατρούς.
The condition of the seriously injured man remains critical, according to the doctors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ο τραυματίας | οι τραυματίες |
| Genitive | του τραυματία | των τραυματιών |
| Accusative | τον τραυματία | τους τραυματίες |
| Vocative | τραυματία | τραυματίες |
Word family
τραύμαwound, trauma
τραυματίζωto injure, to wound
τραυματισμόςinjury, the act of being woundedτραυματικόςtraumatic
τραυματοφορέαςstretcher-bearer
Etymology
The word comes from τραύμα, meaning wound, plus the suffix -ίας, which turns a thing into a person marked by it. Τραύμα itself descends from ancient Greek τραῦμα, tied to the verb τιτρώσκω, to wound. The deeper root points to an old sense of rubbing or wearing something down, which is also behind the English word trauma, borrowed straight from Greek.
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