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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”). Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tý.kʰɛː/ → /ˈty.çi/ → /ˈti.çi/
Noun
τῠ́χη • (túkhē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension
- the act of a god
- the act of a human being
- (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
- fortune, providence, fate
- chance
- (regarded as a result)
- good fortune, success
- ill fortune, misfortune
- (in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “τύχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τύχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τύχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- accident idem, page 6.
- chance idem, page 123.
- contingency idem, page 168.
- destiny idem, page 217.
- fate idem, page 309.
- fortune idem, page 340.
- hap idem, page 384.
- hazard idem, page 389.
- lot idem, page 501.
- luck idem, page 503.
- plight idem, page 621.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē), from Proto-Hellenic *túkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti.çi/
- Hyphenation: τύ‧χη
Noun
τύχη • (týchi) f (plural τύχες)
- fate, chance, luck
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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τύχη (týchi)
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τύχες (týches)
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genitive
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τύχης (týchis)
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τυχών (tychón)
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accusative
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τύχη (týchi)
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τύχες (týches)
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vocative
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τύχη (týchi)
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τύχες (týches)
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Further reading