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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek γραμματεία (grammateía), with semantic loan from French littérature in the 'literature' sense.[1] By surface analysis, γραμματ(έας) (grammat(éas)) + -εία (-eía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɾa.maˈti.a/
- Hyphenation: γραμ‧μα‧τεί‧α
Noun
γραμματεία • (grammateía) f (plural γραμματείες)
- secretariat
- literature (the body of all written works in a given historical period)
- Near-synonym: λογοτεχνία f (logotechnía)
Declension
Declension of γραμματεία
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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γραμματεία (grammateía)
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γραμματείες (grammateíes)
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| genitive
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γραμματείας (grammateías)
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γραμματειών (grammateión)
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| accusative
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γραμματεία (grammateía)
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γραμματείες (grammateíes)
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| vocative
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γραμματεία (grammateía)
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γραμματείες (grammateíes)
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- αρχιγραμματέας m (archigrammatéas, “chief secretary”)
- γραμματέας m or f (grammatéas, “secretary”)
- γραμματεύς m or f (grammatéfs, “secretary”)
- γραμματική f (grammatikí, “grammar”)
- γραμματοθήκη f (grammatothíki, “letter case”)
- γραμματοκιβώτιο n (grammatokivótio, “letterbox, pillarbox, mailbox”)
- γραμματόσημο n (grammatósimo, “postage stamp”)
- and see: γράμμα n (grámma, “letter; communication”)
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