κύηση
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek κύη(σις) (kúē(sis), “pregnancy”) + modern ending -ση (-si), with ancient sense "conception".[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈci.i.si/
- Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧ση
Declension
Synonyms
- (pregnancy): εγκυμοσύνη f (egkymosýni)
Derived terms
- εξωμήτριος κύηση f (exomítrios kýisi, “ectopic pregnancy”)
- έκτοπη κύηση f (éktopi kýisi, “ectopic pregnancy”)
Related terms
- αποκύημα n (apokýima, “product, fabrication”)
- επικύηση f (epikýisi) (medicine)
- κύημα n (kýima, “foetus”) (medicine)
- ψευδοκύηση f (psevdokýisi, “phantom pregnancy, pseudocyesis”)
References
- κύηση - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading
Εγκυμοσύνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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