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κύρωση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύρωσις (kúrōsis) with semantic loan from English sanction.[1] By surface analysis, κυρώ(νω) (kyró(no)) +‎ -ση (-si).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈci.ro.si/
  • Hyphenation: κύ‧ρω‧ση

Noun

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κύρωση (kýrosif (plural κυρώσεις)

  1. ratification
  2. sanction (an approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid)
  3. sanction, penalty (punishment or coercive measure intended to ensure compliance)
    διοικητική κύρωσηdioikitikí kýrosiadministrative sanction
    οικονομικές κυρώσειςoikonomikés kyróseiseconomic sanctions

Declension

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Declension of κύρωση
singular plural
nominative κύρωση (kýrosi) κυρώσεις (kyróseis)
genitive κύρωσης (kýrosis) κυρώσεων (kyróseon)
accusative κύρωση (kýrosi) κυρώσεις (kyróseis)
vocative κύρωση (kýrosi) κυρώσεις (kyróseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: κυρώσεως (kyróseos)

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References

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  1. ^ κύρωση, 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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