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κύηση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek κύη(σις) (kúē(sis), pregnancy) + modern ending -ση (-si), with ancient sense "conception".[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈci.i.si/
  • Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧ση

Noun

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κύηση (kýisif (plural κυήσεις)

  1. gestation, pregnancy, gravidity

Declension

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Declension of κύηση
singular plural
nominative κύηση (kýisi) κυήσεις (kyíseis)
genitive κύησης (kýisis) κυήσεων (kyíseon)
accusative κύηση (kýisi) κυήσεις (kyíseis)
vocative κύηση (kýisi) κυήσεις (kyíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: κυήσεως (kyíseos)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ κύηση, 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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