Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Beekes marks the word's origin as unknown.[1] Other theories derive the word from συνέχω (sunékhō, to hold or keep together; to contain), undergoing metathesis, itself from συν- (sun-, together, with) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, to have, to hold).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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σῠχνός (sukhnósm (feminine σῠχνή, neuter σῠχνόν); first/second declension

  1. (of time) long, wearisome
  2. (of number) many
  3. great, large, plentiful
  4. frequent, repeated

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: συχνός (sychnós)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “συχνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1426

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek συχνός (sukhnós).

Adjective

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συχνός (sychnósm (feminine συχνή, neuter συχνό)

  1. frequent, repeated

Declension

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