τάχα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τάχ’ (tákh’) — apocopic

Etymology

Neuter accusative plural of τᾰχῠ́ς (takhús, “quick”) used as adverb.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tá.kʰa/ → /ˈta.xa/ → /ˈta.xa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.kʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.kʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xa/

Adverb

τᾰ́χᾰ • (tákha)

1. quickly, soon, forthwith

Derived terms

• τάχ’ ἄν (tákh’ án, “probably, perhaps, possibly, maybe”)

References

• “τάχᾰ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τάχα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τάχα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τάχα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• τάχα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τάχα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5029 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conceivably idem, page 154.
  • haply idem, page 384.
  • immediately idem, page 417.
  • instantly idem, page 446.
  • perhaps idem, page 607.
  • possibly idem, page 628.
  • presently idem, page 636.
  • shortly idem, page 769.
  • soon idem, page 794.
  • speedily idem, page 801.

Greek

Alternative forms

• τάχατε (táchate) (informal form)
• τάχατες (táchates) (informal form)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάχα (tákha) (sense 2-3).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaxa/
• Hyphenation: τά‧χα

Adverb

τάχα • (tácha)

1. supposedly, ostensibly, allegedly

   Δικαιολογήθηκε πως τάχα ήταν άρρωστος.

   Dikaiologíthike pos tácha ítan árrostos.

   His excuse was that he was supposedly sick.

2. I wonder, perhaps

   Αργήσαμε τάχα; Δεν υπάρχει κανείς εδώ.

   Argísame tácha; Den ypárchei kaneís edó.

   I wonder if we're late? There's no one here.

Synonyms

• (supposedly, allegedly): δήθεν (díthen)
• (I wonder): άραγε (árage)
• (perhaps): μήπως (mípos)

Derived terms

• τάχα μου (tácha mou, “as if, supposedly”)