έμπνευση
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔμπνευσις (émpneusis, “blowing in”) with semantic loan from French inspiration.[1] By surface analysis, εμπνέω (empnéo) + -ση (-si).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]έμπνευση • (émpnefsi) f (plural εμπνεύσεις)
- inspiration (the act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity)
- inspiration (a new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | έμπνευση (émpnefsi) | εμπνεύσεις (empnéfseis) |
| genitive | έμπνευσης (émpnefsis) | εμπνεύσεων (empnéfseon) |
| accusative | έμπνευση (émpnefsi) | εμπνεύσεις (empnéfseis) |
| vocative | έμπνευση (émpnefsi) | εμπνεύσεις (empnéfseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: εμπνεύσεως (empnéfseos)
Related terms
[edit]- see: εμπνέω (empnéo)
References
[edit]- ^ έμπνευση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek semantic loans from French
- Greek terms derived from French
- Greek terms suffixed with -ση
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- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'δύναμη'