τσίτσα

τσίτσα

Greek

Etymology

Probably from Slavic (tsitsa), cognate with Bulgarian цица (cica, “breast”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsitsa/

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• Hyphenation: τσί‧τσα

Noun

τσίτσα • (tsítsa) f (plural τσίτσες)

1. (vernacular, demotic, rare) a wooden flask, especially for wine
   • σήκωσε τὴν τσίτσα καὶ τράβηξε δυὸ ρουφηξιές

     síkose tὴn tsítsa kaὶ trávixe dyὸ roufixiés

     he lifted the flasc and took two sips

     1918 Zacharias Papantoniou, Τα ψηλά βουνά [High Mountains], chap.5

2. (vernacular, demotic, very rare) a kind of basket[2]

Declension

declension of τσίτσα

	singular	plural
nominative	τσίτσα •	τσίτσες •
genitive	τσίτσας •	—
accusative	τσίτσα •	τσίτσες •
vocative	τσίτσα •	τσίτσες •

Synonyms

• τσότρα f (tsótra, “flask”) (vernacular)
• φλασκί n (flaskí, “flask”)

Derived terms

• τσιτσάς m (tsitsás, “maker of such flasks”)

References

1. τσίτσα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
2. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia