katharévousa
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Etymology
From Greek καθαρεύουσα (katharévousa), feminine of καθαρεύων (katharévon), present participle of Ancient Greek καθαρεύω (kathareúō, “to be clean, pure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
katharévousa
- Katharevousa (purist version of modern Greek)
Declension
| Inflection of katharévousa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | katharévousa | — | |
| genitive | katharévousan | — | |
| partitive | katharévousaa | — | |
| illative | katharévousaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | katharévousa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | katharévousa | — |
| gen. | katharévousan | ||
| genitive | katharévousan | — | |
| partitive | katharévousaa | — | |
| inessive | katharévousassa | — | |
| elative | katharévousasta | — | |
| illative | katharévousaan | — | |
| adessive | katharévousalla | — | |
| ablative | katharévousalta | — | |
| allative | katharévousalle | — | |
| essive | katharévousana | — | |
| translative | katharévousaksi | — | |
| abessive | katharévousatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||