• μαλακίη(malakíē) —Ionic

Fromμᾰλᾰκός(mălăkós,“soft, effeminate”) +‎-ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā).

μᾰλᾰκίᾱ• (mălăkíā) f (genitiveμᾰλᾰκίᾱς);first declension

1. softness,delicacy,effeminacy
2. impatience,weakness
3. calmness(of the sea)
4. (Koine)disease
5. (Byzantine)masturbation

• 70CE – 110CE,The Gospel of Matthew10:1:

  καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων, ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτά, καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσανμαλακίαν.

  kaì proskalesámenos toùs dṓdeka mathētàs autoû, édōken autoîs exousían pneumátōn akathártōn, hṓste ekbállein autá, kaì therapeúein pâsan nóson kaì pâsanmalakían.

  • Translation by KJV

    And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner ofdisease.

• μαλακιάω(malakiáō)

FromAncient Greekμαλακία(malakía,“self-indulgence, weakness”), fromAncient Greekμαλακός(malakós,“soft, effeminate”).

• IPA^(key):[malaˈkia]
• Hyphenation:μα‧λα‧κί‧α

μαλακία• (malakía) f (pluralμαλακίες)

1. (colloquial,vulgar)masturbation,wanking

   Ημαλακία σε κάνει τυφλό.

   Imalakía se kánei tyfló.

   Wanking makes you blind.

2. (colloquial,vulgar,figuratively)stupidity,idiocy,nonsense,bullshit

   Όλο κάθεται και λέειμαλακίες.

   Ólo káthetai kai léeimalakíes.

   All he does is sit around and talkbullshit.

• (masturbation):αυνανισμός m(avnanismós)
• (nonsense):ανοησία f(anoïsía)

• δια πάσαν νόσον και μαλακίαν(dia pásan nóson kai malakían,“through every sickness and weakness”)
• τραβάω μαλακία(traváo malakía,“wank”)

• μαλάκας m(malákas,“wanker”)
• μαλακίζομαι(malakízomai,“to wank”)

• → Russian:малафья́(malafʹjá),молофья́(molofʹjá)

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