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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοηθέω (boēthéō, “to help, assist”), from βοηθόος (boēthóos, “heeding the call to arms, rushing to battle”, Homeric).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo.ɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/ → /βoˈi.θi.a/ → /voˈi.θi.a/
Noun
βοήθειᾰ • (boḗtheia) f (genitive βοηθείᾱς); first declension
- aid, help, assistance
Declension
Descendants
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βοήθεια (boḗtheia, “help, aid, succour”).
Noun
βοήθεια • (voḯtheia) f (plural βοήθειες)
- help, assistance, aid, succour
- Synonym: αρωγή (arogí)
- δίνω τη βοήθειά μου ― díno ti voḯtheiá mou ― I give my help
- η βοήθειά τους ήταν σημαντική ― i voḯtheiá tous ítan simantikí ― their aid was important
Declension
- αλληλοβοήθεια f (allilovoḯtheia, “mutual aid”)
- αυτοβοήθεια f (aftovoḯtheia, “self-help”)
- βοήθημα n (voḯthima, “assistance, relief”)
- βοηθητικά (voïthitiká, “supplementally, helpfully”)
- βοηθητικός (voïthitikós, “ancillary, auxiliary”)
- βοηθός m or f (voïthós, “helper”)
- βοηθώ (voïthó, “to help”)
- πρώτες βοήθειες f pl (prótes voḯtheies, “first aid”)
- πρώτων βοηθειών f pl (próton voïtheión, “first aid kit”)
Interjection
βοήθεια • (voḯtheia)
- help
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