δημοτική
Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mo.ti.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.mo.tiˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈci/
Adjective
[edit]δημοτῐκή • (dēmotikḗ)
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of δημοτικός (dēmotikós)
Greek
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Reborrowing from French démotique (“initially referring to Egyptian language and script of Hellenistic times”). From Ancient Greek δημοτικός.[1]
Noun
[edit]δημοτική • (dimotikí) f (uncountable)
- (linguistics) any vernacular form of a language, in contrast to learned varieties
- (linguistics) shortened form of δημοτική γλώσσα f (dimotikí glóssa, “Demotic Greek tongue”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | δημοτική (dimotikí) |
| genitive | δημοτικής (dimotikís) |
| accusative | δημοτική (dimotikí) |
| vocative | δημοτική (dimotikí) |
Synonyms
[edit]- (for any vernacular): δημώδης (dimódis), κοινή (koiní) (language)
- (for Greek): κοινή νεοελληνική (“Koine Neo-Hellenic”)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (for Greek): νέα ελληνικά n pl (néa elliniká, “Modern Greek”), νεοελληνικά (neoelliniká)
Related terms
[edit]- μαλλιαρή f sg (malliarí, “extreme Demotic Greek language”) (idiomatic, historical)
- see: ελληνικά n pl (elliniká, “Greek language”) for varieties and dialects of Greek
- and see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]δημοτική • (dimotikí)
- nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of δημοτικός (dimotikós): of the people
- δημοτική αρχή ― dimotikí archí ― municipal authority
- δημοτική γλώσσα ― dimotikí glóssa ― demotic language
- δημοτική μουσική ― dimotikí mousikí ― folk music
- Synonyms: παραδοσιακή f (paradosiakí, “traditional”), also λαϊκή f (laïkí, “people's”) music
References
[edit]- ^ δημοτική, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
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δημοτική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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