μονάρχης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from μόνος (mónos, “single”, “only”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mo.nár.kʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /moˈnar.kʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /moˈnar.çis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /moˈnar.çis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /moˈnar.çis/
Noun
μονᾰ́ρχης • (monárkhēs) m (genitive μονᾰ́ρχου); first declension
- Alternative form of μόναρχος (mónarkhos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μονᾰ́ρχης ho monárkhēs |
τὼ μονᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ monárkhā |
οἱ μονᾰ́ρχαι hoi monárkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μονᾰ́ρχου toû monárkhou |
τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχαιν toîn monárkhain |
τῶν μονᾰρχῶν tôn monarkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μονᾰ́ρχῃ tôi monárkhēi |
τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχαιν toîn monárkhain |
τοῖς μονᾰ́ρχαις toîs monárkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μονᾰ́ρχην tòn monárkhēn |
τὼ μονᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ monárkhā |
τοὺς μονᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs monárkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μονᾰ́ρχᾰ monárkha |
μονᾰ́ρχᾱ monárkhā |
μονᾰ́ρχαι monárkhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μοναρχέω (monarkhéō)
- μοναρχία (monarkhía)
- μοναρχικός (monarkhikós)
Descendants
Descendants
- → Basque: monarka
- → Bulgarian: монарх (monarh)
- → Catalan: monarca
- → Czech: monarcha
- → Danish: monark
- → Dutch: monarch
- → English: monarch
- → Finnish: monarkki
- → French: monarque
- → German: Monarch
- Greek: μονάρχης (monárchis)
- → Irish: monarc
- → Italian: monarca
- → Latin: monarcha
- → Norwegian:
- → Polish: monarcha
- → Portuguese: monarca
- → Russian: мона́рх (monárx)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: monarca
- → Swedish: monark
Further reading
- “μονάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μονάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs); equivalent to μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άρχης (-árchis, “ruler”).
Compare Mariupol Greek мона́рхус (monárxus).
Pronunciation
Noun
μονάρχης • (monárchis) m (plural μονάρχες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μονάρχης (monárchis) | μονάρχες (monárches) |
| genitive | μονάρχη (monárchi) | μοναρχών (monarchón) |
| accusative | μονάρχη (monárchi) | μονάρχες (monárches) |
| vocative | μονάρχη (monárchi) | μονάρχες (monárches) |
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- μοναρχία f (monarchía, “monarchy”)
Descendants
- → Aromanian: munarhu
Further reading
μονάρχης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- μονάρχης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
