πουλερικό

Greek

Etymology

From πουλ(ί) (poul(í), bird) + -ερικό (-erikó, suffix of uncertain etymon). Petrunias[1] associates it to neuter noun αερικό (aerikó, etheral spirit, demon) a word reminding of air and flying. Babiniotis, to σιδερ-ικό (sider-ikó, object of iron)[2] or πεθερ-ικό (pether-ikó, father-mother-in-law)[3] (but both words with ερ- in their stems, suffixed with -ικό).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puleriˈko/
  • Hyphenation: που‧λε‧ρι‧κό

Noun

πουλερικό (poulerikó) n (plural πουλερικά) (the plural forms are more usual)

  1. poultry, domestic fowl
  2. poultry meat
Κάνω δίαιτα με πουλερικά και λαχανικά.Káno díaita me pouleriká kai lachaniká.I am on diet with poultry and vegetables.

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • see: κότα f (kóta, hen, chicken)

References

  1. πουλερικό in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
    Etymologies by Evangelos Petrounias.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), πουλερικό”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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