χειρουργία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō, “to work with the hands”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χειρουργῐ́ᾱ • (kheirourgĭ́ā) f (genitive χειρουργῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. working by hand, practice of a handicraft or art
    Antonyms: γνώμη (gnṓmē), γνῶσις (gnôsis)
  2. handicraft or art, especially surgery

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ; τῆς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
hē kheirourgĭ́ā 		τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kheirourgĭ́ā 		αἱ χειρουργῐ́αι
hai kheirourgĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς
tês kheirourgĭ́ās 		τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν
toîn kheirourgĭ́ain 		τῶν χειρουργῐῶν
tôn kheirourgĭôn
Dative τῇ χειρουργῐ́ᾳ
têi kheirourgĭ́āi 		τοῖν χειρουργῐ́αιν
toîn kheirourgĭ́ain 		ταῖς χειρουργῐ́αις
taîs kheirourgĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν χειρουργῐ́ᾱν
tḕn kheirourgĭ́ān 		τὼ χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kheirourgĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς χειρουργῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s kheirourgĭ́ās
Vocative χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
kheirourgĭ́ā 		χειρουργῐ́ᾱ
kheirourgĭ́ā 		χειρουργῐ́αι
kheirourgĭ́ai
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: chīrūrgia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Welsh: llawdriniaeth (calque)

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