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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ka.rí.aː/ → /ma.kaˈri.a/ → /ma.kaˈri.a/
Etymology 1
From μάκαρ (mákar, “blessed”) + -ίᾱ (-íā)
Noun
μᾰκᾰρίᾱ • (makaríā) f (genitive μᾰκᾰρίᾱς); first declension
- happiness, bliss
Declension
Further reading
- μακαρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μακαρία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μακαρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
μᾰκᾰρίᾱ • (makaríā)
- inflection of μακάριος (makários):
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual