-αρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs, “leader”, “ruler”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (-arkhíā) f (genitive -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. -archy (form of government or rule)

Inflection
First declension of -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ; -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-arkhíā		 -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-arkhíā		 -ᾰρχῐ́αι
-arkhíai
Genitive -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς
-arkhíās		 -ᾰρχῐ́αιν
-arkhíain		 -ᾰρχῐῶν
-arkhiôn
Dative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾳ
-arkhíāi		 -ᾰρχῐ́αιν
-arkhíain		 -ᾰρχῐ́αις
-arkhíais
Accusative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱν
-arkhíān		 -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-arkhíā		 -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς
-arkhíās
Vocative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-arkhíā		 -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-arkhíā		 -ᾰρχῐ́αι
-arkhíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • English: -archy
  • Greek: -αρχία (-archía)
  • Latin: -archia

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -αρχία (-arkhía).

Suffix

-αρχία • (-archía) f

  1. -archy; forms systems of government and control
    ‎μητέρα (mitéra, “mother”) + ‎-αρχία (-archía) → ‎μητριαρχία (mitriarchía, “matriarchy”)

Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -αρχία
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