διοίκηση

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis) with -ση (-si) ending.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðiˈi.ci.si/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧οί‧κη‧ση

Noun

διοίκηση • (dioíkisi) f (plural διοικήσεις)

  1. administration (the act of administering)
    Near-synonym: διαχείριση f (diacheírisi)
    διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων ― dioíkisi epicheiríseon ― business administration
    Δημόσια διοίκηση ― Dimósia dioíkisi ― public administration
  2. administration (a body that administers; a body of administrators)
  3. administrative headquarters

Declension

singular plural
nominative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)
genitive διοίκησης (dioíkisis) διοικήσεων (dioikíseon)
accusative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)
vocative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: διοικήσεως (dioikíseos)

References

  1. ^ διοίκηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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