γινάτι
Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ινάτι (ináti)
Etymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish عناد (inad, inat, “stubbornness, spite”) from Arabic عِنَاد (ʕinād).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editγινάτι • (gináti) n (plural γινάτια)
- (often in plural) stubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness (state of refusing to move or to change one's opinion)
- Άσε τα γινάτια και καν’ το!
- Áse ta ginátia kai kan’ to!
- Stop being pigheaded and do it!
- spite (ill will or hatred toward another)
- Το έκανε αυτό μόνο και μόνο για το γινάτι μου.
- To ékane aftó móno kai móno gia to gináti mou.
- He did that purely to spite me.
Declension
editDeclension of γινάτι
Synonyms
edit- (obstinacy, stubbornness): πείσμα n (peísma), ισχυρογνωμοσύνη f (ischyrognomosýni), καπρίτσιο n (kaprítsio)
- (spite): πείσμα n (peísma), κακία f (kakía), έχθρα f (échthra)
Derived terms
edit- το γινάτι βγάζει μάτι (to gináti vgázei máti, “cutting off one's nose to spite one's face”, literally “stubbornness takes out an eye”)