πτυχή
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτῠ́σσω (ptússō) + -η (-ē).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pty.kʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptyˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptyˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptyˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptiˈçi/
Noun
πτῠχή • (ptukhḗ) f (genitive πτῠχῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πτῠχή hē ptukhḗ |
τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptukhā́ |
αἱ πτῠχαί hai ptukhaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πτῠχῆς tês ptukhês |
τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptukhaîn |
τῶν πτῠχῶν tôn ptukhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πτῠχῇ têi ptukhêi |
τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptukhaîn |
ταῖς πτῠχαῖς taîs ptukhaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πτῠχήν tḕn ptukhḗn |
τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptukhā́ |
τᾱ̀ς πτῠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ptukhā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτῠχή ptukhḗ |
πτῠχᾱ́ ptukhā́ |
πτῠχαί ptukhaí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- πτῠ́χῐον (ptúkhion, “folding tablet”)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πτύσσω, -ομαι (> DER > πτυχ-ή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1251-2
Further reading
- “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πτυχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ).
Noun
πτυχή • (ptychí) f (plural πτυχές)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πτυχή (ptychí) | πτυχές (ptychés) |
| genitive | πτυχής (ptychís) | πτυχών (ptychón) |
| accusative | πτυχή (ptychí) | πτυχές (ptychés) |
| vocative | πτυχή (ptychí) | πτυχές (ptychés) |
Further reading
Πτυχή (γεωλογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
