Ζωή

See also: ζωή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Already in the Septuagint translation. From ζωή (zōḗ, “life”), fashioned as a semantic loan from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā, “Eve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /zoˈi/ → /zoˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); ? declension (Koine)

1. a female given name, Zoe or Zoë, meaning “life”

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζωή; τῆς Ζωῆς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζωή hē Zōḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ζωῆς tês Zōês
Dative	τῇ Ζωῇ têi Zōêi
Accusative	τὴν Ζωήν tḕn Zōḗn
Vocative	Ζωή Zōḗ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Aragonese: Zoya
• → Breton: Zoe
• → Bulgarian: Зоя (Zoja)
• → Catalan: Zoe
• → Chinese: 佐伊 (Zuǒyī)
• → Czech: Zoja, Zoe
• → Danish: Zoe
• → Dutch: Zoë
• → English: Zoe, Zoë, Zoey
• → Finnish: Zoe
• → French: Zoé, Zoë
• → Galician: Zoe
• → German: Zoe
• Greek: Ζωή (Zoḯ)
• → Italian: Zoe
• → Korean: 조에 (Jo'e)
• → Latin: Zōē
• → Latvian: Zoja
• → Norwegian: Zoë
• → Persian: زوئه (zo'e)
• → Polish: Zoja, Zoe
• → Portuguese: Zoé
• → Romanian: Zoe
• → Serbo-Croatian: Zoja
• → Slovak: Zoja
• → Slovene: Zoja
• → Spanish: Zoe
• → Swedish: Zoë
• → Russian: Зо́я (Zója)
• → Turkish: Zoe
• → Ukrainian: Зо́я (Zója)

Greek

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zoḯ) f

1. a female given name, the Greek form of Zoë, Zoe

Declension

Declension of Ζωή

	singular	plural
nominative	Ζωή (Zoḯ)	Ζωές (Zoés)
genitive	Ζωής (Zoḯs)	Ζωών (Zoón)
accusative	Ζωή (Zoḯ)	Ζωές (Zoés)
vocative	Ζωή (Zoḯ)	Ζωές (Zoés)