κορτσόπον
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Pontic Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek κορίτσιν (korítsin), itself from Greek κόρη (kóri) with the medieval diminutive suffix -ίκι(ον) (-íki(on)), and the Pontic Greek diminutive suffix -όπον (-ópon), probably derived from Ancient Greek -ωπός (-ōpós).[1]
Noun
[edit]κορτσόπον (kortsópon) n
References
[edit]- ^ Compare “-ωπός -ωπή -ωπό”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998