gnosis
See also: Gnosis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)
- (religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
- The act or process of knowing in general.
- (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.
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Translations edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gnosis
Declension edit
Inflection of gnosis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gnosis | gnosikset | ||
genitive | gnosiksen | gnosisten gnosiksien | ||
partitive | gnosista | gnosiksia | ||
illative | gnosikseen | gnosiksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gnosis | gnosikset | ||
accusative | nom. | gnosis | gnosikset | |
gen. | gnosiksen | |||
genitive | gnosiksen | gnosisten gnosiksien | ||
partitive | gnosista | gnosiksia | ||
inessive | gnosiksessa | gnosiksissa | ||
elative | gnosiksesta | gnosiksista | ||
illative | gnosikseen | gnosiksiin | ||
adessive | gnosiksella | gnosiksilla | ||
ablative | gnosikselta | gnosiksilta | ||
allative | gnosikselle | gnosiksille | ||
essive | gnosiksena | gnosiksina | ||
translative | gnosikseksi | gnosiksiksi | ||
abessive | gnosiksetta | gnosiksitta | ||
instructive | — | gnosiksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Noun edit
gnosis m (definite singular gnosisen, uncountable)
- (Gnosticism) gnosis
- Synonym: gnose
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gnosis” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Noun edit
gnosis n (definite singular gnosiset, uncountable)
- (Gnosticism) gnosis
- Synonym: gnose
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gnosis f (plural gnosis)
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Further reading edit
- “gnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014