πτυχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῠ́σσω (ptŭ́ssō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pty.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /ptyˈçi/ → /ptiˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pty.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptyˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptyˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptyˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptiˈçi/

Noun

πτῠχή • (ptŭkhḗ) f (genitive πτῠχῆς); first declension

1. fold

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πτῠχή; τῆς πτῠχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῠχή hē ptŭkhḗ	τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptŭkhā́	αἱ πτῠχαί hai ptŭkhaí
Genitive	τῆς πτῠχῆς tês ptŭkhês	τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptŭkhaîn	τῶν πτῠχῶν tôn ptŭkhôn
Dative	τῇ πτῠχῇ têi ptŭkhêi	τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptŭkhaîn	ταῖς πτῠχαῖς taîs ptŭkhaîs
Accusative	τὴν πτῠχήν tḕn ptŭkhḗn	τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptŭkhā́	τᾱ̀ς πτῠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ptŭkhā́s
Vocative	πτῠχή ptŭkhḗ	πτῠχᾱ́ ptŭkhā́	πτῠχαί ptŭkhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πτῠ́χῐον (ptŭ́khĭon, “folding tablet”)

Further reading

• “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πτυχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ).

Noun

πτυχή • (ptychí) f (plural πτυχές)

1. fold, bend, crease
2. (geology) fold

Declension

Declension of πτυχή

	singular	plural
nominative	πτυχή (ptychí)	πτυχές (ptychés)
genitive	πτυχής (ptychís)	πτυχών (ptychón)
accusative	πτυχή (ptychí)	πτυχές (ptychés)
vocative	πτυχή (ptychí)	πτυχές (ptychés)

Further reading

• Πτυχή (γεωλογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el