νηστεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῆστις (nêstis) (from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁ed-tis|t=not eating) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɛːs.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ne̝sˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
Noun
νηστείᾱ • (nēsteíā) f (genitive νηστείᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νηστείᾱ hē nēsteíā |
τὼ νηστείᾱ tṑ nēsteíā |
αἱ νηστεῖαι hai nēsteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νηστείᾱς tês nēsteíās |
τοῖν νηστείαιν toîn nēsteíain |
τῶν νηστειῶν tôn nēsteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νηστείᾳ têi nēsteíāi |
τοῖν νηστείαιν toîn nēsteíain |
ταῖς νηστείαις taîs nēsteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νηστείᾱν tḕn nēsteíān |
τὼ νηστείᾱ tṑ nēsteíā |
τᾱ̀ς νηστείᾱς tā̀s nēsteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νηστείᾱ nēsteíā |
νηστείᾱ nēsteíā |
νηστεῖαι nēsteîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- νηστεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “νηστεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “νηστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G3521 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νηστεία (nēsteía)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nisˈti.a/
Noun
νηστεία • (nisteía) f (plural νηστείες)
- fast (period of eating no food, little food or avoiding certain dietary items)
- η νηστεία της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας
- i nisteía tis Megális Evdomádas
- the Holy Week fast
Declension
Related terms
- see: νηστεύω (nistévo, “to fast”)
Further reading
- νηστεία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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