ζήλεια

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ζηλεία (zēleía). See ζήλια (zília)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ʎa/ with synizesis of
Hyphenation: ζή‧λεια
Homophones: ζήλια (zília), ζίλια (zília)

Noun

ζήλεια • (zíleia) f (plural ζήλειες) ^[1]

the medieval spelling of ζήλια (zília)

Declension

Declension of ζήλεια

	singular	plural
nominative	ζήλεια •	ζήλειες •
genitive	ζήλειας •	—
accusative	ζήλεια •	ζήλειες •
vocative	ζήλεια •	ζήλειες •

References

^ ζήλεια s.v. ζηλεύω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Further reading

see: ζήλια (zília).

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