"μπούφος" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbufos/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek μποῦφος (mpoûphos, “eagle owl”), from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Or further from Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos, “eagle owl”). A borrowing is necessary because of the well-established bilabial spirantization, which is missing in the term. With the seldom occurrence of the Ancient Greek word, a derivation becomes less likely. Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|μποῦφος||eagle owl}} Byzantine Greek μποῦφος (mpoûphos, “eagle owl”), {{bor|el|LL.|būfus||owl}} Late Latin būfus (“owl”), {{bor|el|grc|βοῦφος||eagle owl}} Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos, “eagle owl”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|μπούφοι|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} μπούφος • (boúfos) m (plural μπούφοι), {{el-noun|m|μπούφοι}} μπούφος • (boúfos) m (plural μπούφοι) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|μπούφος|μπούφοι|μπούφου|μπούφων|μπούφο|μπούφους|μπούφε|μπούφοι|note=}} Forms: boúfos [romanization], μπούφοι [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], μπούφος [nominative, singular], μπούφοι [nominative, plural], μπούφου [genitive, singular], μπούφων [genitive, plural], μπούφο [accusative, singular], μπούφους [accusative, plural], μπούφε [singular, vocative], μπούφοι [plural, vocative]
  1. eagle owl
    Sense id: en-μπούφος-el-noun-ndgc8m2p Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος', Pages with 1 entry, Eagles Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος': 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Eagles: 87 13
  2. (figuratively) fool, stupid person Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-μπούφος-el-noun-muo16ly7 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος': 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: κουκουβάγια (koukouvágia) (english: owl) [feminine]
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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