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ευθύνη

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek εὐθύνη (euthúnē, public control of the actions of rulers), from Ancient Greek εὔθυνα (eúthuna), from εὐθύνω (euthúnō, to guide straight; to examine one's conduct), with semantic loan from French responsabilité.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ευθύνη (efthýnif (plural ευθύνες)

  1. liability
  2. responsibility

Declension

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Declension of ευθύνη
singular plural
nominative ευθύνη (efthýni) ευθύνες (efthýnes)
genitive ευθύνης (efthýnis) ευθυνών (efthynón)
accusative ευθύνη (efthýni) ευθύνες (efthýnes)
vocative ευθύνη (efthýni) ευθύνες (efthýnes)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ ευθύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language