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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”) + -ῐ́α (-ía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duː.lěː.aː/ → /ðuˈli.a/ → /ðuˈli.a/
Noun
δουλείᾱ • (douleíā) f (genitive δουλείᾱς); first declension
- slavery, bondage
- servility
- group of slaves
- service for hire
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “δουλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δουλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δουλεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δουλεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1397 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- δουλεία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bondage idem, page 89.
- captivity idem, page 113.
- dependence idem, page 211.
- downright idem, page 249.
- drudgery idem, page 254.
- servility idem, page 756.
- servitude idem, page 756.
- slavery idem, page 783.
- thraldom idem, page 869.
- vassalage idem, page 945.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).
Noun
δουλεία • (douleía) f (plural δουλείες)
- slavery, enslavement
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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δουλεία (douleía)
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δουλείες (douleíes)
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genitive
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δουλείας (douleías)
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δουλειών (douleión)
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accusative
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δουλεία (douleía)
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δουλείες (douleíes)
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vocative
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δουλεία (douleía)
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δουλείες (douleíes)
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some meanings lack the genitive plural
See also
References
Pontic Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía). The second sense is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish ایش (iş).
Noun
δουλεία (douleía) f (plural δουλείας)
- work
- 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