δουλεία

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See also: δουλειά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From δοῦλος (doûlos, slave) +‎ -ῐ́α (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δουλείᾱ (douleíāf (genitive δουλείᾱς); first declension

  1. slavery, bondage
  2. servility
  3. group of slaves
  4. service for hire

Inflection

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).

Noun

δουλεία (douleíaf (plural δουλείες)

  1. slavery, enslavement

Declension

singular plural
nominative δουλεία (douleía) δουλείες (douleíes)
genitive δουλείας (douleías) δουλειών (douleión)
accusative δουλεία (douleía) δουλείες (douleíes)
vocative δουλεία (douleía) δουλείες (douleíes)

some meanings lack the genitive plural

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Pontic Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía). The second sense is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish ایش ().

Noun

δουλεία (douleíaf (plural δουλείας)

  1. work
  2. business, matter, affair
    Σ'οσπίτ ντο δουλεία έχεις;S'ospít nto douleía écheis?What are you doing at home?

Descendants

References

  • Asan, Ömer (2000) Pontos Kültürü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Belge Yayınları, pages 246, 348a
  • Dawkins, R. M. (1937) “The Pontic dialect of Modern Greek in Asia Minor and Russia”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 31, number 6, page 45 of 15–52
  • Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1958–1961) “δουλεία”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), Athens: Myrtidis, pages 274–275
  • Tursun, Vahit (2021) “δουλία”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 236a