Παρασκευή

See also: παρασκευή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρασκευή (paraskeuḗ, “preparation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/ → /pa.ras.ceˈβi/ → /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keˈwe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

Proper noun

Πᾰρᾰσκευή • (Părăskeuḗ) f (genitive Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς); first declension

1. Friday (day of preparation for the Sabbath)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πᾰρᾰσκευή; τῆς Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾰρᾰσκευή hē Părăskeuḗ
Genitive	τῆς Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς tês Părăskeuês
Dative	τῇ Πᾰρᾰσκευῇ têi Părăskeuêi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾰρᾰσκευήν tḕn Părăskeuḗn
Vocative	Πᾰρᾰσκευή Părăskeuḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)
• Italiot Greek: prassaì
• →⇒ Adyghe: бэрэскэжъый (bɛrɛskɛẑəj, “Wednesday”, literally “small Friday”), бэрэскэшху (bɛrɛskɛšxʷu, “Friday”, literally “big Friday”)
• →⇒ Kabardian: бэрэжьей (bɛrɛźej, “Wednesday”, literally “small Friday”)
• → Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴 (paraskaiwē)
• → Old Church Slavonic: параскевьгии (paraskevĭgii)
  • Bulgarian: Параскева (Paraskeva)
• → Old Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi)
  • Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi)
    • → Bats: პარასკ (ṗarasḳ)
    • → Chechen: пӏе̄раска (pʼeeraska)
    • → Ingush: пӏа̄ьраска (pʼääraska)
  • → Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕚𐕄𐔴 (ṗarasḳe)
    • Udi: пӏараскӏи (ṗarasḳi), параскӏи (parasḳi), параски (paraski)
  • → Laz: პარასკე (p̌arasǩe)
• → Romani: paraśtuj

References

• G3904 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πᾰρᾰσκευή (Părăskeuḗ, “[day of] preparation”). Morphologically παρα- (para-) +‎ σκευή (skeví).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.sceˈvi/
• Hyphenation: Πα‧ρα‧σκευ‧ή

Noun

Παρασκευή • (Paraskeví) f (plural Παρασκευές)

1. Friday
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Παρασκευή

	singular	plural
nominative	Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)	Παρασκευές (Paraskevés)
genitive	Παρασκευής (Paraskevís)	Παρασκευών (Paraskevón)
accusative	Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)	Παρασκευές (Paraskevés)
vocative	Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)	Παρασκευές (Paraskevés)

The plural forms are rare.

Coordinate terms

• εβδομάδα f (evdomáda, “week”)
• Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
• Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
• Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
• Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
• Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
• σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)

Related terms

• see: παρασκευή f (paraskeví, “preparation”)

Further reading

• Παρασκευή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Παρασκευή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language