Κυριακή

See also: κυριακή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κυριακή (kuriakḗ)

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

(Koine) Sunday, Lord's Day

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ (kuriakē)
Greek: Κυριακή (Kyriakí)
→ Georgian: კვირა (ḳvira)
- → Bats: კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ), კუჲრაჸო̆ (ḳuyraʾŏ)
- → Chechen: кӏира (ḳira)
- → Ingush: кӏира (ḳira)
- → Ossetian:
  Digor: къуӕре (k’wære)
  
  Iron: къуыри́ (k’°yrí)
→ Old Armenian: կիւրակէ (kiwrakē), կիւրիակէ (kiwriakē), կիրակէ (kirakē), կիրակի (kiraki)
- Armenian: կիրակի (kiraki)
  - → Turkish: gireyi, gireği
  - → Zazaki: kîrye
- → Arabic: الكركى‎ (Al-Kurkiy, “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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 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)

Sunday
A female given name

Declension

declension of Κυριακή

	singular	plural
nominative	Κυριακή •	Κυριακές •
genitive	Κυριακής •	Κυριακών •
accusative	Κυριακή •	Κυριακές •
vocative	Κυριακή •	Κυριακές •

Coordinate terms

(days of the week) μέρες της εβδομάδας; Δευτέρα (Deftéra), Τρίτη (Tríti), Τετάρτη (Tetárti), Πέμπτη (Pémpti), Παρασκευή (Paraskeví), Σάββατο (Sávvato), Κυριακή (Kyriakí)

Derived terms

κυριακάτικα (kyriakátika, “on a Sunday”, adverb)
κυριακάτικος (kyriakátikos, “of Sunday”)

Related terms

κυριακός (kyriakós, “of Sunday”) (especially in feminine) κυριακή
κύριος m (kýrios, “Mr, Sir, Lord”) (fem: κυρία f (“Madame, Mrs”)
Κύριος m (Kýrios, “(literally: Lord) Christ”)
κύριος (kýrios, “main, most important”)

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