Λιβύη

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Etymology

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Homeric toponym (Odyssee IX.95, XXIII.311). After the name of the Libu, a tribal people of North Africa, attested as LBW or RBW in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th century BC (Merneptah Stele), and as LBY in later Punic inscriptions.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /libý.ɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /libýeː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /liβýi/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /livýi/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /livíi/

Proper noun

Λιβύη (genitive Λιβύης) f, first declension; (Libuē)

1. Libya
2. northwestern Africa
3. Africa

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λιβύη
Genitive	τῆς Λιβύης
Dative	τῇ Λιβύῃ
Accusative	τὴν Λιβύην
Vocative	Λιβύη

Derived terms

• Λιβᾶθε
• Λιβύθε
• Λιβύθεν
• Λιβυκός
• Λίβυς
• Λίβυσσα
• Λιβυστικός
• Λιβυστίς

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Libië
• Albanian: Libia
• Alemannic German: Libyen
• Amharic: ሊቢያ
• Arabic: ليبيا (Lībiyā)
• Aragonese: Libia
• Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ
• Armenian: Լիբիա (Libia)
• Asturian: Libia
• Azeri: Liviya
• Bambara: Libya
• Basque: Libia
• Belarusian: Лівія (Livija)
• Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa): Лібія (Libija)
• Bengali: লিবিয়া
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: লিবিয়া
• Breton: Libia
• Bulgarian: Либия (Libija)
• Catalan: Libia
• Cebuano: Libya
• Cornish: Libi
• Crimean Tatar: Libiya
• Czech: Libye
• Danish: Libyen
• Dutch: Libië
• English: Libya
• Esperanto: Libio
• Estonian: Liibüa
• Finnish: Libya
• Franco-Provençal: Libie
• French: Libye
• Galician: Libia
• Georgian: ლიბია (Libia)
• German: Libyen
• Greek: Λιβύη (Livyï)
• Haitian Creole: Libi
• Hindi: लीबिया
• Hungarian: Líbia
• Icelandic: Líbýa, Líbía
• Ido: Libia
• Ilokano: Libya
• Indonesian: Libya
• Irish: An Libia
• Italian: Libia
• Japanese: リビア (Ribia)
• Javanese: Libya
• Kabyle: Libya
• Kannada: ಲಿಬ್ಯಾ
• Kapampangan: Libya
• Kazakh: Либия (Lïbïya)
• Korean: 리비아 (Ribia)
• Kurdish: Lîbya
• Latin: Libya
• Latvian: Lībija
• Ligurian: Libia
• Lingala: Libîya
• Lithuanian: Libija

• Lojban: libgu'e
• Lower Sorbian: Libyska
• Low German: Libyen
• Luxembourgish: Libyen
• Macedonian: Либија (Libija)
• Malayalam: ലിബിയ
• Malay: Libya
• Mandarin: trad. 利比亞, simpl. 利比亚 (pinyin: Lìbǐyà)
• Manx: Yn Leeb
• Marathi: लिबिया
• Nahuatl: Libia
• Neapolitan: Libbia
• Norwegian: Libya
• Novial: Libia
• Occidental: Libya
• Occitan: Libia
• Old English: Libia
• Ossetian: Ливи (Livi)
• Pashto: ليبيا
• Persian: لیبی
• Piedmontese: Libia
• Polish: Libia
• Portuguese: Líbia
• Quechua: Libya
• Romanian: Libia
• Russian: Ливия (Livija)
• Sami: Libya
• Samogitian: Lėbėjė
• Sanskrit: लिबिया
• Scottish Gaelic: Libia
• Serbo-Croatian: Либија, Libija
• Sicilian: Libbia
• Slovak: Líbya
• Slovene: Libija
• Somali: Libya
• Spanish: Libia
• Swahili: Libya
• Swedish: Libyen
• Tagalog: Libya
• Tajik: Либия (Libiya)
• Tamil: லிபியா
• Thai: ประเทศลิเบีย
• Tibetan: ལིའི་པི་ཡ
• Tsonga: Libya
• Turkish: Libya
• Ukrainian: Лівія (Livija)
• Upper Sorbian: Libyska
• Urdu: لیبیا
• Uzbek: Liviya
• Venetian: Łibia
• Vietnamese: Libya
• Volapük: Lübän
• Welsh: Libya
• West Frisian: Lybje
• Wolof: Libi
• Yiddish: ליביע (Libye)
• Zazaki: Libya

References

• LSJ
• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G3033
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1015

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Proper noun

Λιβύη f (Livýi, )

1. Libya