oligarchia
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See also: oligarchìa and oligarchią
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin oligarchia (“oligarchy”), from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía, “rule of the few”), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, leader”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oligarchia (plural oligarchiák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | oligarchia | oligarchiák |
| accusative | oligarchiát | oligarchiákat |
| dative | oligarchiának | oligarchiáknak |
| instrumental | oligarchiával | oligarchiákkal |
| causal-final | oligarchiáért | oligarchiákért |
| translative | oligarchiává | oligarchiákká |
| terminative | oligarchiáig | oligarchiákig |
| essive-formal | oligarchiaként | oligarchiákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | oligarchiában | oligarchiákban |
| superessive | oligarchián | oligarchiákon |
| adessive | oligarchiánál | oligarchiáknál |
| illative | oligarchiába | oligarchiákba |
| sublative | oligarchiára | oligarchiákra |
| allative | oligarchiához | oligarchiákhoz |
| elative | oligarchiából | oligarchiákból |
| delative | oligarchiáról | oligarchiákról |
| ablative | oligarchiától | oligarchiáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
oligarchiáé | oligarchiáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
oligarchiáéi | oligarchiákéi |
| Possessive forms of oligarchia | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | oligarchiám | oligarchiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | oligarchiád | oligarchiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | oligarchiája | oligarchiái |
| 1st person plural | oligarchiánk | oligarchiáink |
| 2nd person plural | oligarchiátok | oligarchiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | oligarchiájuk | oligarchiáik |
Related terms
Further reading
- oligarchia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Noun
oligarchia (plural oligarchias)
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archia (“rule”, “government”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oligarchia f (plural oligarchie)
Related terms
Further reading
- oligarchia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- oligarchia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- oligarchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.liˈɡar.kʰi.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.liˈɡar.ki.a/,
Noun
oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae); first declension
- (Late Latin, politics) oligarchy
- 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:
- Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.
- Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oligarchia | oligarchiae |
| Genitive | oligarchiae | oligarchiārum |
| Dative | oligarchiae | oligarchiīs |
| Accusative | oligarchiam | oligarchiās |
| Ablative | oligarchiā | oligarchiīs |
| Vocative | oligarchia | oligarchiae |
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).
Pronunciation
Noun
oligarchia f
Declension
Declension of oligarchia
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oligarchia | oligarchie |
| genitive | oligarchii | oligarchii/oligarchij (archaic) |
| dative | oligarchii | oligarchiom |
| accusative | oligarchię | oligarchie |
| instrumental | oligarchią | oligarchiami |
| locative | oligarchii | oligarchiach |
| vocative | oligarchio | oligarchie |
Further reading
- oligarchia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- oligarchia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).
Pronunciation
Noun
oligarchia f (genitive singular oligarchie, nominative plural oligarchie, genitive plural oligarchií, declension pattern of ulica)
Declension
Declension of oligarchia
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oligarchia | oligarchie |
| genitive | oligarchie | oligarchií |
| dative | oligarchii | oligarchiám |
| accusative | oligarchiu | oligarchie |
| locative | oligarchii | oligarchiách |
| instrumental | oligarchiou | oligarchiami |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oligarchia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024