πυρκαϊά
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- πυρκαϊή (purkaïḗ)
Etymology
editFrom πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + καίω (kaíō, “to light, kindle”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyr.ka.i.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pir.ka.iˈa/
Noun
editπῠρκᾰϊᾱ́ • (purkaïā́) f (genitive πῠρκᾰϊᾶς); first declension
- funeral pyre, burning pyre
- conflagration, arson
- (figuratively) flame of love
- burnt ruins
- olive tree which has been burnt down to the stump
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ hē purkaïā́ |
τὼ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ tṑ purkaïā́ |
αἱ πῠρκᾰϊ̆αί hai purkaïaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾶς tês purkaïâs |
τοῖν πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖν toîn purkaïaîn |
τῶν πῠρκᾰϊ̆ῶν tôn purkaïôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾷ têi purkaïâi |
τοῖν πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖν toîn purkaïaîn |
ταῖς πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖς taîs purkaïaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ν tḕn purkaïā́n |
τὼ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ tṑ purkaïā́ |
τᾱ̀ς πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ς tā̀s purkaïā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ purkaïā́ |
πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ purkaïā́ |
πῠρκᾰϊ̆αί purkaïaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: πυρκαγιά (pyrkagiá)
Further reading
edit- “πυρκαϊά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυρκαϊά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
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