Κυριακή

See also: κυριακή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short for ἡ Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα (hē Kuriakḕ hēméra, “the Lord's Day”), from κυριακή (kuriakḗ), feminine form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kuriakḗ) f

  1. (Koine, Christianity) Sunday, Lord's Day

Descendants

  • → Coptic: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ (kuriakē)
  • Greek: Κυριακή (Kyriakí)
  • → Old Georgian: კჳრიაკჱ (ḳwiriaḳē), კჳრაჲ (ḳwiray)
    • Georgian: კვირა (ḳvira)
      • → Bats: კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ), კუჲრაჸო̆ (ḳuyraʾŏ)
      • → Chechen: кӏира (kʼira)
      • → Ingush: кӏира (kʼira)
      • → Ossetian: къуӕре (k’wære), къуыри́ (k’°yrí)
  • → Old Armenian: կիւրակէ (kiwrakē), կիրակէ (kirakē), կիրակի (kiraki), կիւրիակէ (kiwriakē)
    • Armenian: կիրակի (kiraki), կյուրակե (kyurake), կյուրակի (kyuraki)
      • → Turkish: gireyi, gireği
      • → Zazaki: kîrye
    • → Arabic: الْكُرْكِيّ‎ (al-kurkiyy, “name of a market in Partav”)
    • → Northern Kurdish: կիրակէ (kirakē)
  • → Romani: kurko
  • → Tat:
    Lahyj: քրաքի (kʰrakʰi)

References

  • Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κυριακός”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 652–653

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Κυριακή.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cirʝaˈci/
  • Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρια‧κή
  • older Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρι‧α‧κή (without synizesis)

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f (plural Κυριακές)

  1. Sunday

Declension

Coordinate terms

Days of the week (ημέρες της εβδομάδας f pl)

Derived terms

Proper noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f

  1. a female given name
    Antonym: Κυριάκος (Kyriákos)

Further reading

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