αγία
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
αγία • (agía)
- Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of άγιος (ágios).
Noun edit
αγία • (agía) f (plural άγιες, masculine άγιος) (neuter: άγιο)
- saint (female)
- Ζει ζωή αγίας. ― Zei zoḯ agías. ― She lives a life of a saint.
- for names of Saints, see the feminine form of adjective as in η αγία Αικατερίνη ― i agía Aikateríni ― Saint Catherine
- for names of churches see → Αγία (Agía)
- (figuratively) with a saint's characteristics (patience, love, piousness)
- Η πεθερά μου είναι μία αγία. Πώς άντεχε το γιο της;
- I petherá mou eínai mía agía. Pós ánteche to gio tis?
- My mother-in-law is a saint. How did she put up with her son?
Declension edit
Compare to declension of adjective
declension of αγία
Related terms edit
- and see: άγιος (ágios, “saint”)