ζήλεια

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ζηλεία (zēleía). See ζήλια (zília)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzi.ʎa/ with synizesis of [ia]
  • Hyphenation: ζή‧λεια
  • Homophones: ζήλια (zília), ζίλια (zília)

Noun

ζήλεια • (zíleia) f (plural ζήλειες) [1]

  1. the medieval spelling of ζήλια (zília)

Declension
declension of ζήλεια
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ζήλεια • ζήλειες •
genitive ζήλειας • —
accusative ζήλεια • ζήλειες •
vocative ζήλεια • ζήλειες •

References
  1. ζήλεια s.v. ζηλεύω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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