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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Shortened form of ἡ κοινή διάλεκτος (hē koinḗ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koi̯.nɛ̌ː/ → /cyˈni/ → /ciˈni/
Proper noun
Κοινή • (Koinḗ) f (genitive Κοινῆς); first declension
- Koine Greek
Inflection
Descendants
References
Greek
Noun
Κοινή • (Koiní) f
- (linguistics) → see κοινή (koiní) (language)