Ζωή

Ζωή

See also: ζωή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζωή (zōḗ), fashioned as a personal name after Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā, “Eve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /zoˈi/ → /zoˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); first declension

1. Zoe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζωή; τῆς Ζωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζωή hē Zōḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ζωῆς tês Zōês
Dative	τῇ Ζωῇ têi Zōêi
Accusative	τὴν Ζωήν tḕn Zōḗn
Vocative	Ζωή Zōḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Aragonese: Zoya
• → Breton: Zoe
• → Bulgarian: Зоя (Zoja)
• → Catalan: Zoe
• → Chinese: 佐伊 (Zuǒyī)
• → Czech: Zoja, Zoe
• → Danish: Zoe
• → Dutch: Zoë
• → English: Zoe, Zoë, Zoey
• → Finnish: Zoe
• → French: Zoé, Zoë
• → Galician: Zoe
• → German: Zoe
• Greek: Ζωή (Zoḯ)
• → Italian: Zoe
• → Korean: 조에 (Jo'e)
• → Latin: Zōē
• → Latvian: Zoja
• → Norwegian: Zoë
• → Persian: زوئه‎ (zo'e)
• → Polish: Zoja, Zoe
• → Portuguese: Zoé
• → Romanian: Zoe
• → Serbo-Croatian: Zoja
• → Slovak: Zoja
• → Slovene: Zoja
• → Spanish: Zoe
• → Swedish: Zoë
• → Russian: Зо́я (Zója)
• → Turkish: Zoe
• → Ukrainian: Зо́я (Zója)

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Greek

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zoḯ) f (plural Zoḯ)

1. a female given name, the Greek form of Zoë, Zoe

Declension

declension of Ζωή

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •
genitive	Ζωής •	Ζωών •
accusative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •
vocative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •