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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῆστις (nêstis) (from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁ed-tis|t=not eating) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛːs.těː.aː/ → /nisˈti.a/ → /nisˈti.a/
Noun
νηστείᾱ • (nēsteíā) f (genitive νηστείᾱς); first declension
- fast (period of eating no food, little food or avoiding certain dietary items)
- fasting
Declension
Further reading
- νηστεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “νηστεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “νηστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G3521 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νηστεία (nēsteía)
Pronunciation
Noun
νηστεία • (nisteía) f (plural νηστείες)
- fast (period of eating no food, little food or avoiding certain dietary items)
η νηστεία της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας- i nisteía tis Megális Evdomádas
- the Holy Week fast
Declension
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- “νηστεία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998