Πέμπτη

See also: πέμπτη

Greek

Etymology

From Hellenistic Koine Greek Πέμπτη (Pémptē) from πέμπτος (pémptos, “fifth”) with ellipsis of the feminine noun ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”): "the fifth day after Saturday".[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpem.pti/, /ˈpem.ti/
Hyphenation: Πέμ‧πτη

Noun

Πέμπτη • (Pémpti) f (plural Πέμπτες)

Thursday

Declension

declension of Πέμπτη

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	Πέμπτη •	Πέμπτες •
genitive	Πέμπτης •	—
accusative	Πέμπτη •	Πέμπτες •
vocative	Πέμπτη •	Πέμπτες •

Coordinate terms

Days of the week (ημέρες της εβδομάδας f pl)

Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)

Derived terms

Τσικνοπέμπτη (Tsiknopémpti, “Smelly Thursday (or even Charred, Smoky, or Barbeque Thursday)”)

Related terms

Ε΄, ε΄
πέντε n (pénte, “five”)
πέμπτος (pémptos, “fifth”)
πέμπτη f (pémpti, “fifth (gear etc)”)

Further reading

Πέμπτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
Πέμπτη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

References

Πέμπτη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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