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Ancient Greek
Etymology
εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + τῠ́χη (túkhē, “luck”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix): Compare εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs, “lucky”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯.ty.kʰí.aː/ → /eɸ.tyˈçi.a/ → /ef.tiˈçi.a/
Noun
εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ • (eutukhíā) f (genitive εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- good luck
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: ευτυχία f (eftychía, “happiness”)
References
- “εὐτυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐτυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐτυχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “εὐτυχία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blessedness idem, page 83.
- bliss idem, page 83.
- fortune idem, page 340.
- happiness idem, page 384.
- joy idem, page 464.
- luck idem, page 503.
- prosperity idem, page 653.
- success idem, page 834.
- weal idem, page 970.
- welfare idem, page 973.