μοναχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.na.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /mo.naˈçi/ → /mo.naˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.na.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈçi/

Noun

μονᾰχή • (monakhḗ) f (genitive μονᾰχῆς); first declension

1. kind of linen cloth mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Declension

First declension of ἡ μονᾰχή; τῆς μονᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μονᾰχή hē monakhḗ	τὼ μονᾰχᾱ́ tṑ monakhā́	αἱ μονᾰχαί hai monakhaí
Genitive	τῆς μονᾰχῆς tês monakhês	τοῖν μονᾰχαῖν toîn monakhaîn	τῶν μονᾰχῶν tôn monakhôn
Dative	τῇ μονᾰχῇ têi monakhêi	τοῖν μονᾰχαῖν toîn monakhaîn	ταῖς μονᾰχαῖς taîs monakhaîs
Accusative	τὴν μονᾰχήν tḕn monakhḗn	τὼ μονᾰχᾱ́ tṑ monakhā́	τᾱ̀ς μονᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s monakhā́s
Vocative	μονᾰχή monakhḗ	μονᾰχᾱ́ monakhā́	μονᾰχαί monakhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μοναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μοναχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

μοναχή • (monachí) f (plural μοναχές, masculine μοναχός)

1. (religion) nun

Declension

Declension of μοναχή

	singular	plural
nominative	μοναχή •	μοναχές •
genitive	μοναχής •	μοναχών •
accusative	μοναχή •	μοναχές •
vocative	μοναχή •	μοναχές •

Synonyms

• καλόγρια f (kalógria)