Κυριακή
See also: κυριακή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κυριακή (kuriakḗ)
Etymology
Short for ἡ Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα (hē Kuriakḕ hēméra, “the Lord's Day”), from κυριακή (kuriakḗ), feminine form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).
Noun
Κυριακή • (Kuriakḗ) f
- (Koine, Christianity) Sunday, Lord's Day
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ (kuriakē)
- Greek: Κυριακή (Kyriakí)
- → Old Georgian: კჳრიაკჱ (ḳwiriaḳē), კჳრაჲ (ḳwiray)
- Georgian: კვირა (ḳvira)
- → Bats: კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ), კუჲრაჸო̆ (ḳuyraʾŏ)
- → Chechen: кӏира (kʼira)
- → Ingush: кӏира (kʼira)
- → Ossetian: къуӕре (k’wære), къуыри́ (k’°yrí)
- Georgian: კვირა (ḳvira)
- → Old Armenian: կիւրակէ (kiwrakē), կիւրիակէ (kiwriakē), կիրակէ (kirakē), կիրակի (kiraki)
- Armenian: կիրակի (kiraki)
- → Turkish: gireyi, gireği
- → Zazaki: kîrye
- → Arabic: الكركى (Al-Kurkiy, “name of a market in Partav”)
- → Northern Kurdish: կիրակէ (kirakē)
- Armenian: կիրակի (kiraki)
- → Romani: kurko
- → Tat:
- Lahyj: քրաքի (kʰrakʰi)
References
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κυριακός”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 652–653
Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek Κυριακή.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cirʝaˈci/
- Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρια‧κή
- older Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρι‧α‧κή (without synizesis)
Noun
Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f (plural Κυριακές)
- Sunday
Declension
declension of Κυριακή
| case \\ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Κυριακή • | Κυριακές • |
| genitive | Κυριακής • | Κυριακών • |
| accusative | Κυριακή • | Κυριακές • |
| vocative | Κυριακή • | Κυριακές • |
Coordinate terms
- Days of the week (ημέρες της εβδομάδας f pl)
- Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
- Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
- Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
- Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
- Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
- Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
- Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
- σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)
Derived terms
- κυριακάτικα (kyriakátika, “on a Sunday”, adverb)
- κυριακάτικος (kyriakátikos, “of Sunday”)
Related terms
- κυρία f (kyría, “Madame, Mrs”)
- κυριακός (kyriakós, “of Sunday”) (especially in feminine) κυριακή
- κύριος (kýrios, “main, most important”)
- Κύριος m (Kýrios, “(literally: Lord) Christ”)
- κύριος m (kýrios, “Mr, Sir, Lord”)
Proper noun
Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f
- a female given name
- Antonym: Κυριάκος (Kyriákos)
Further reading
Κυριακή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- Κυριακή - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.