κυρία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of κῡ́ριος (kū́rios, “lord, ruler, possessor”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κῡρίᾱ • (kūríā)

  1. inflection of κῡ́ριος (kū́rios):
    1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual feminine

Noun

κῡρίᾱ • (kūríā) f (genitive κῡρίᾱς); first declension

  1. authority, power
  2. lady, mistress
  3. ma'am, madam

Declension

First declension of ἡ κῡρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κῡρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κῡρῐ́ᾱ
hē kūrĭ́ā 		τὼ κῡρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kūrĭ́ā 		αἱ κῡρῐ́αι
hai kūrĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς κῡρῐ́ᾱς
tês kūrĭ́ās 		τοῖν κῡρῐ́αιν
toîn kūrĭ́ain 		τῶν κῡρῐῶν
tôn kūrĭôn
Dative τῇ κῡρῐ́ᾳ
têi kūrĭ́āi 		τοῖν κῡρῐ́αιν
toîn kūrĭ́ain 		ταῖς κῡρῐ́αις
taîs kūrĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν κῡρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn kūrĭ́ān 		τὼ κῡρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kūrĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς κῡρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s kūrĭ́ās
Vocative κῡρῐ́ᾱ
kūrĭ́ā 		κῡρῐ́ᾱ
kūrĭ́ā 		κῡρῐ́αι
kūrĭ́ai
Notes:

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κύριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 806-7

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῡρίᾱ (kūríā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ciˈɾia/ - compare to κύρια (kýria)
  • Hyphenation: κυ‧ρί‧α

Noun

κυρία • (kyría) f (plural κυρίες)

  1. madam
  2. lady
  3. teacher

Declension

Declension of κυρία
singular plural
nominative κυρία (kyría) κυρίες (kyríes)
genitive κυρίας (kyrías) κυριών (kyrión)
accusative κυρία (kyría) κυρίες (kyríes)
vocative κυρία (kyría) κυρίες (kyríes)

See also

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