κουβάς

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουβάς (koubás), from Ottoman Turkish قوغه (koğa, kova) (Turkish kova) + -ς (-s)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈvas/
• Hyphenation: κου‧βάς

Noun

κουβάς • (kouvás) m (plural κουβάδες)

1. bucket

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κουβάς (kouvás)	κουβάδες (kouvádes)
genitive	κουβά (kouvá)	κουβάδων (kouvádon)
accusative	κουβά (kouvá)	κουβάδες (kouvádes)
vocative	κουβά (kouvá)	κουβάδες (kouvádes)

Derived terms

• κουβαδάκι n (kouvadáki, “small bucket, -chiefly, children's toy-”)

Further reading

• κουβάς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language