gnosis

gnosis

See also: Gnosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ.sɪs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)

1. (Gnosticism) an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics
2. act or process of knowing
3. (occult) an altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective

Related terms

• agnostic
• diagnosis
• gnosiology
• Gnostic
• Gnosticism
• morphognosis
• pangnosis
• prognosis
• retrognosis

 

Translations

gnosis

Bulgarian: познание (bg) n (poznanie) Danish: gnosis c, gnose c Finnish: gnosis French: gnose (fr) f German: Gnosis (de) f Irish: gnóis f Norwegian: Bokmål: gnosis m, gnose m Nynorsk: gnosis n, (please verify) gnose Portuguese: gnose (pt) f Russian: гно́зис (ru) (gnózis), гно́сис (gnósis) Spanish: gnosis (es) f Ukrainian: гно́зис (hnózys), гно́сис (hnósys)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡno(ː)sis/, [ˈɡno̞(ː)s̠is̠]

Noun

gnosis

1. gnosis

Declension

Inflection of gnosis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		gnosis	gnosikset
genitive		gnosiksen	gnosisten gnosiksien
partitive		gnosista	gnosiksia
illative		gnosikseen	gnosiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		gnosis	gnosikset
accusative	nom.	gnosis	gnosikset
	gen.	gnosiksen
genitive		gnosiksen	gnosisten gnosiksien
partitive		gnosista	gnosiksia
inessive		gnosiksessa	gnosiksissa
elative		gnosiksesta	gnosiksista
illative		gnosikseen	gnosiksiin
adessive		gnosiksella	gnosiksilla
ablative		gnosikselta	gnosiksilta
allative		gnosikselle	gnosiksille
essive		gnosiksena	gnosiksina
translative		gnosikseksi	gnosiksiksi
instructive		—	gnosiksin
abessive		gnosiksetta	gnosiksitta
comitative		—	gnosiksineen

Possessive forms of gnosis (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	gnosikseni	gnosiksemme
2nd person	gnosiksesi	gnosiksenne
3rd person	gnosiksensa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnosis m (definite singular gnosisen, uncountable)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

   Synonym: gnose

Derived terms

• gnostiker
• gnostisisme
• gnostisk

 

References

• “gnosis” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnosis n (definite singular gnosiset, uncountable)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

   Synonym: gnose

Derived terms

• gnostikar
• gnostisisme
• gnostisk

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnosis/ [ˈno.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: gno‧sis

Noun

gnosis f (plural gnosis)

1. (Gnosticism) gnosis

Related terms

• gnóstico
• gnosticismo

Further reading

• “gnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014