егіда

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ägide, from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigís).[1] Compare Russian эги́да (egída), Belarusian эгі́да (ehída), Polish egida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eˈɦʲidɐ]
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Noun

егі́да • (ehída) f inan (genitive егі́ди, nominative plural егі́ди, genitive plural егі́д)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) aegis
  2. (figuratively) aegis, auspices
    під егі́дою (+genitive)pid ehídojuunder the aegis of, under the auspices of

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “егіда”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 157

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