νηστεία
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From νῆστις (nêstis) (from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁ed-tis|t=not eating) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛːs.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ne̝sˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
Noun
[edit]νηστείᾱ • (nēsteíā) f (genitive νηστείᾱς); first declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ νηστείᾱ hē nēsteíā |
τὼ νηστείᾱ tṑ nēsteíā |
αἱ νηστεῖαι hai nēsteîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς νηστείᾱς tês nēsteíās |
τοῖν νηστείαιν toîn nēsteíain |
τῶν νηστειῶν tôn nēsteiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ νηστείᾳ têi nēsteíāi |
τοῖν νηστείαιν toîn nēsteíain |
ταῖς νηστείαις taîs nēsteíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν νηστείᾱν tḕn nēsteíān |
τὼ νηστείᾱ tṑ nēsteíā |
τᾱ̀ς νηστείᾱς tā̀s nēsteíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | νηστείᾱ nēsteíā |
νηστείᾱ nēsteíā |
νηστεῖαι nēsteîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- νηστεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “νηστεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “νηστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G3521 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νηστεία (nēsteía)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]νηστεία • (nisteía) f (plural νηστείες)
- fast (period of eating no food, little food or avoiding certain dietary items)
- η νηστεία της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας
- i nisteía tis Megális Evdomádas
- the Holy Week fast
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | νηστεία (nisteía) | νηστείες (nisteíes) |
genitive | νηστείας (nisteías) | νηστειών (nisteión) |
accusative | νηστεία (nisteía) | νηστείες (nisteíes) |
vocative | νηστεία (nisteía) | νηστείες (nisteíes) |
Coordinate terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- see: νηστεύω (nistévo, “to fast”)
Further reading
[edit]- νηστεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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