φυσική

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.si.kɛ̌ː/ → /ɸy.siˈci/ → /fi.siˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.si.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰy.siˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸy.siˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fy.siˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.siˈci/

Adjective

φῠσῐκή • (phusikḗ)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of φῠσῐκός (phusikós)
2. (nominalized, Byzantine) natural sciences; natural philosophy

Declension

First declension of ἡ φυσική; τῆς φυσικῆς (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ φυσική hē phusikḗ
Genitive	τῆς φυσικῆς tês phusikês
Dative	τῇ φυσικῇ têi phusikêi
Accusative	τὴν φυσικήν tḕn phusikḗn
Vocative	φυσική phusikḗ

Descendants

• → Latin: physica (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: фи́зика (fízika), фѵ́зика (fízika) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: ֆիզիկա (fizika)
  • → Crimean Tatar: fizika
  • → Georgian: ფიზიკა (piziḳa)
  • → Kazakh: физика (fizika)
  • → Uzbek: fizika
• → Ukrainian: фі́зика (fízyka)

Greek

Etymology

Nominalisation of φυσικός (fysikós, “natural”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.siˈci/

Noun

φυσική • (fysikí) f (uncountable)

1. (sciences) physics

Declension

  φυσική

case     \     number	singular
nominative	φυσική •
genitive	φυσικής •
accusative	φυσική •
vocative	φυσική •

Further reading

• φυσική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “φυσική”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998