λήγουσα

Greek

Etymology

Nominalised (by ellipsis of συλλαβή) present participle of λήγω (lḗgō, “to cease”).

Noun

λήγουσα • (lígousa) f (plural λήγουσες)

1. (grammar, phonology) ult (last syllable of a word)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)
genitive	λήγουσας (lígousas)	ληγουσών (ligousón)
accusative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)
vocative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)

Derived terms

• παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultimate syllable in word”)
• προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultimate syllable in word”)

See also

• συλλαβή f (syllaví, “syllable”)
• οξύτονος (oxýtonos, “oxytone, stressed on the last syllable”)

Further reading

• λήγουσα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language