γινάτι

Greek

From Turkish inat (“spite”).

γινάτι • (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 of γινάτι

(obstinacy, stubbornness): πείσμα n (peísma), ισχυρογνωμοσύνη f (ischyrognomosýni), καπρίτσιο n (kaprítsio)
(spite): πείσμα n (peísma), κακία f (kakía), έχθρα f (échthra)

το γινάτι βγάζει μάτι (to gináti vgázei máti, “cutting off one's nose to spite one's face”) (literally: "stubbornness takes out an eye")

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