Κυριακή

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short for ἡ Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα (hē Kuriakḕ hēméra, “the Lord's Day”), from κυριακή (kuriakḗ), feminine form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kuriakḗ) f

  1. (Koine, Christianity) Sunday, Lord's Day

Descendants

References

  • Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κυριακός”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 652–653

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Κυριακή.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cirʝaˈci/
  • Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρια‧κή
  • older Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρι‧α‧κή (without synizesis)

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f (plural Κυριακές)

  1. Sunday

Declension

Declension of Κυριακή
singular plural
nominative Κυριακή • Κυριακές •
genitive Κυριακής • Κυριακών •
accusative Κυριακή • Κυριακές •
vocative Κυριακή • Κυριακές •

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Derived terms

Proper noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f

  1. a female given name
    Antonym: Κυριάκος (Kyriákos)

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