συχνός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes marks the word's origin as unknown.[1] Other theories derive the word from συνέχω (sunékhō, to hold or keep together; to contain), undergoing metathesis, itself from συν- (sun-, together, with) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, to have, to hold).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σῠχνός (sukhnósm (feminine σῠχνή, neuter σῠχνόν); first/second declension

  1. (of time) long, wearisome
  2. (of number) many
  3. great, large, plentiful
  4. frequent, repeated

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: συχνός (sychnós)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “συχνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1426

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συχνός (sukhnós).

Adjective

συχνός (sychnósm (feminine συχνή, neuter συχνό)

  1. frequent, repeated

Declension