μονάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from μόνος (mónos, “single”, “only”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.nár.kʰɛːs/ → /moˈnar.çis/ → /moˈnar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.nár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈnar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈnar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈnar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈnar.çis/

Noun

μονᾰ́ρχης • (monárkhēs) m (genitive μονᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. Alternative form of μόναρχος (mónarkhos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μονᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ μονᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μονᾰ́ρχης ho monárkhēs	τὼ μονᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ monárkhā	οἱ μονᾰ́ρχαι hoi monárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ μονᾰ́ρχου toû monárkhou	τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχαιν toîn monárkhain	τῶν μονᾰρχῶν tôn monarkhôn
Dative	τῷ μονᾰ́ρχῃ tôi monárkhēi	τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχαιν toîn monárkhain	τοῖς μονᾰ́ρχαις toîs monárkhais
Accusative	τὸν μονᾰ́ρχην tòn monárkhēn	τὼ μονᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ monárkhā	τοὺς μονᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs monárkhās
Vocative	μονᾰ́ρχᾰ monárkha	μονᾰ́ρχᾱ monárkhā	μονᾰ́ρχαι monárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μοναρχέω (monarkhéō)
• μοναρχία (monarkhía)
• μοναρχικός (monarkhikós)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Basque: monarka
• → Bulgarian: монарх (monarh)
• → Catalan: monarca
• → Czech: monarcha
• → Danish: monark
• → Dutch: monarch
• → English: monarch
• → Finnish: monarkki
• → French: monarque
• → German: Monarch
• Greek: μονάρχης (monárchis)
• → Irish: monarc
• → Italian: monarca
• → Latin: monarcha
• → Norwegian:

  Bokmål: monark

  Nynorsk: monark

• → Polish: monarcha
• → Portuguese: monarca
• → Russian: мона́рх (monárx)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: мо̀нарх

  Latin script: mònarh

• → Spanish: monarca
• → Swedish: monark

Further reading

• “μονάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μονάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs); equivalent to μόνος (mónos, “alone”) +‎ -άρχης (-árchis, “ruler”).

Compare Mariupol Greek мона́рхус (monárxus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnarçis/
• Hyphenation: μο‧νάρ‧χης

Noun

μονάρχης • (monárchis) m (plural μονάρχες)

1. monarch

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μονάρχης (monárchis)	μονάρχες (monárches)
genitive	μονάρχη (monárchi)	μοναρχών (monarchón)
accusative	μονάρχη (monárchi)	μονάρχες (monárches)
vocative	μονάρχη (monárchi)	μονάρχες (monárches)

Coordinate terms

• βασιλιάς m (vasiliás, “king”)
• βασίλισσα f (vasílissa, “queen”)

 

Related terms

• μοναρχία f (monarchía, “monarchy”)

Descendants

• → Aromanian: munarhu

Further reading

• μονάρχης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• μονάρχης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language