φυσική
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰy.si.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰy.siˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸy.siˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fy.siˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.siˈci/
Adjective
φῠσῐκή • (phŭsĭkḗ)
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós)
- (nominalized, Byzantine) natural sciences; natural philosophy
Declension
Descendants
- → Latin: physica (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: фи́зика (fízika), фѵ́зика (fízika) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Ukrainian: фі́зика (fízyka)
Greek
Etymology
Nominalisation of φυσικός (fysikós, “natural”).
Pronunciation
Noun
φυσική • (fysikí) f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | φυσική (fysikí) |
| genitive | φυσικής (fysikís) |
| accusative | φυσική (fysikí) |
| vocative | φυσική (fysikí) |
Further reading
φυσική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- φυσική, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
