τύχη
See also: Τύχη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τιούχᾱ (tioúkhā), τούχᾱ (toúkhā) – Boeotian
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-. Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tý.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈty.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈty.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈty.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.çi/
Noun
τῠ́χη • (túkhē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension
- the act of a god
- the act of a human being
- (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
- fortune, providence, fate
- chance
- (regarded as a result)
- good fortune, success
- ill fortune, misfortune
- (in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes
Inflection
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 | ||||||||||
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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)
References
- “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, 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)
- fate, chance, luck
Declension
declension of τύχη
| case \\ number | 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