τύχη

See also: Τύχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τιούχᾱ (tioúkhā), τούχᾱ (toúkhā) — Boeotian
• τύχα (túkha) — Laconian, Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”). Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tý.kʰɛː/ → /ˈty.çi/ → /ˈti.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tý.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈty.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈty.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈty.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.çi/

Noun

τῠ́χη • (túkhē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension

1. the act of a god
2. the act of a human being
3. (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
   1. fortune, providence, fate
   2. chance
4. (regarded as a result)
   1. good fortune, success
   2. ill fortune, misfortune
   3. (in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes

Declension

First declension of ἡ τῠ́χη; τῆς τῠ́χης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τῠ́χη hē túkhē	τὼ τῠ́χᾱ tṑ túkhā	αἱ τῠ́χαι hai túkhai
Genitive	τῆς τῠ́χης tês túkhēs	τοῖν τῠ́χαιν toîn túkhain	τῶν τῠχῶν tôn tukhôn
Dative	τῇ τῠ́χῃ têi túkhēi	τοῖν τῠ́χαιν toîn túkhain	ταῖς τῠ́χαις taîs túkhais
Accusative	τὴν τῠ́χην tḕn túkhēn	τὼ τῠ́χᾱ tṑ túkhā	τᾱ̀ς τῠ́χᾱς tā̀s túkhās
Vocative	τῠ́χη túkhē	τῠ́χᾱ túkhā	τῠ́χαι túkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀποτυχής (apotukhḗs)
• ἀποτυχία (apotukhía)
• ἀτυχέω (atukhéō)
• ἀτύχημα (atúkhēma)
• ἀτυχής (atukhḗs)
• ἀτυχία (atukhía)
• διευτυχέω (dieutukhéō)
• δυστυχέω (dustukhéō)
• δυστύχημα (dustúkhēma)
• δυστυχής (dustukhḗs)
• δυστυχία (dustukhía)
• ἐντυχία (entukhía)
• ἐπιτυχής (epitukhḗs)
• εὐτυχέω (eutukhéō)
• εὐτύχημα (eutúkhēma)
• εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs)
• εὐτύχησις (eutúkhēsis)
• εὐτυχία (eutukhía)
• κακοτυχέω (kakotukhéō)
• κακοτυχής (kakotukhḗs)
• κατευτυχέω (kateutukhéō)
• Λεωτῠχῐ́δης (Leōtukhídēs)
• προστυχής (prostukhḗs)
• συνατυχέω (sunatukhéō)
• συνευτυχέω (suneutukhéō)
• Συντύχη (Suntúkhē)
• συντυχία (suntukhía)
• τυχαῖος (tukhaîos)
• Τύχη (Túkhē)
• τυχηρός (tukhērós)
• Τῠχῐκός (Tukhikós)
• Τύχων (Túkhōn)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τύχη (týchi)

Further reading

• “τύχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τύχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τύχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accident idem, page 6.
  • chance idem, page 123.
  • contingency idem, page 168.
  • destiny idem, page 217.
  • fate idem, page 309.
  • fortune idem, page 340.
  • hap idem, page 384.
  • hazard idem, page 389.
  • lot idem, page 501.
  • luck idem, page 503.
  • plight idem, page 621.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē), from Proto-Hellenic *túkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.çi/
• Hyphenation: τύ‧χη

Noun

τύχη • (týchi) f (plural τύχες)

1. fate, chance, luck

Declension

Declension of τύχη

	singular	plural
nominative	τύχη •	τύχες •
genitive	τύχης •	τυχών •
accusative	τύχη •	τύχες •
vocative	τύχη •	τύχες •

Related terms

• τυχερός (tycherós, “lucky”)

Further reading

• τύχη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el