"φωτόσπαθο" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From φωτο- (foto-, “light”) + σπαθί (spathí, “sword”); calque of English lightsaber. Etymology templates: {{prefix|el|φωτο|σπαθί|t1=light|t2=sword}} φωτο- (foto-, “light”) + σπαθί (spathí, “sword”), {{clq|el|en|lightsaber|nocap=1}} calque of English lightsaber Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|φωτόσπαθα|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} φωτόσπαθο • (fotóspatho) n (plural φωτόσπαθα), {{el-noun|n|φωτόσπαθα}} φωτόσπαθο • (fotóspatho) n (plural φωτόσπαθα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|φωτόσπαθο|φωτόσπαθα|φωτόσπαθου|φωτόσπαθων|φωτόσπαθο|φωτόσπαθα|φωτόσπαθο|φωτόσπαθα|note=}} Forms: fotóspatho [romanization], φωτόσπαθα [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], φωτόσπαθο [nominative, singular], φωτόσπαθα [nominative, plural], φωτόσπαθου [genitive, singular], φωτόσπαθων [genitive, plural], φωτόσπαθο [accusative, singular], φωτόσπαθα [accusative, plural], φωτόσπαθο [singular, vocative], φωτόσπαθα [plural, vocative]
  1. (science fiction, weaponry) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)

Inflected forms

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