νοσταλγία
Greek
Etymology
From French nostalgie, from New Latin nostalgia, coined from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested.
Noun
νοσταλγία • (nostalgía) f (uncountable)
- nostalgia, homesickness
- nostalgia (bittersweet yearning for the things of the past)
Declension
Declension of νοσταλγία (nostalgía)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νοσταλγία • | |
| genitive | νοσταλγίας • | |
| accusative | νοσταλγία • | |
| vocative | νοσταλγία • | |
| νοσταλγίες is a (possibly) ungrammatical plural | ||
Derived terms
References
- νοσταλγία in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- “nostalgie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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