πτυχή

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῠ́σσω (ptŭ́ssō) +‎ -η (-ē).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτῠχή • (ptŭkhḗ) f (genitive πτῠχῆς); first declension

  1. fold

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πτῠχή; τῆς πτῠχῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πτῠχή
hē ptŭkhḗ 		τὼ πτῠχᾱ́
tṑ ptŭkhā́ 		αἱ πτῠχαί
hai ptŭkhaí
Genitive τῆς πτῠχῆς
tês ptŭkhês 		τοῖν πτῠχαῖν
toîn ptŭkhaîn 		τῶν πτῠχῶν
tôn ptŭkhôn
Dative τῇ πτῠχῇ
têi ptŭkhêi 		τοῖν πτῠχαῖν
toîn ptŭkhaîn 		ταῖς πτῠχαῖς
taîs ptŭkhaîs
Accusative τὴν πτῠχήν
tḕn ptŭkhḗn 		τὼ πτῠχᾱ́
tṑ ptŭkhā́ 		τᾱ̀ς πτῠχᾱ́ς
tā̀s ptŭkhā́s
Vocative πτῠχή
ptŭkhḗ 		πτῠχᾱ́
ptŭkhā́ 		πτῠχαί
ptŭkhaí
Notes:

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πτύσσω, -ομαι (> DER > πτυχ-ή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1251-2

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ).

Noun

πτυχή • (ptychí) f (plural πτυχές)

  1. fold, bend, crease
  2. (geology) fold

Declension

Declension of πτυχή
singular plural
nominative πτυχή (ptychí) πτυχές (ptychés)
genitive πτυχής (ptychís) πτυχών (ptychón)
accusative πτυχή (ptychí) πτυχές (ptychés)
vocative πτυχή (ptychí) πτυχές (ptychés)

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