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Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek ἐπάρκεια (epárkeia), from Ancient Greek ἐπαρκέω (eparkéō), from ἐπ' (ep', “on, onto”) + ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to be enough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈpaɾcia/
- Hyphenation: ε‧πάρ‧κει‧α
Noun
επάρκεια • (epárkeia) f (uncountable)
- sufficiency, adequacy (quality of enough being available)
Λόγω της επάρκειας του φαγητού, ο λιμός δεν μας επηρέασε.- Lógo tis epárkeias tou fagitoú, o limós den mas epiréase.
- Due to the sufficiency of food, the famine did not affect us.
- competency, proficiency (ability to do something well)
- επάρκεια διδασκαλίας ― epárkeia didaskalías ― teaching proficiency (teaching certificate)
Declension
επάρκεια
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singular
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| nominative
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επάρκεια •
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| genitive
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επάρκειας •
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| accusative
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επάρκεια •
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| vocative
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επάρκεια •
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Synonyms
- (adequacy, competency): ικανότητα (ikanótita, “ability, competency”), αρμοδιότητα (armodiótita, “incompetency”)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “adequacy, competency”): ανεπάρκεια (anepárkeia, “inadequacy”), ανικανότητα (anikanótita, “inability, incompetency”), αναρμοδιότητα (anarmodiótita, “incompetency”), έλλειψη (élleipsi, “deficiency, want”)
- επαρκής (eparkís, “sufficient, enough”)
- επαρκώς (eparkós, “sufficiently”)
- επαρκώ (eparkó, “to be enough”)