τύχη
See also: Τύχη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τιούχᾱ (tioúkhā), τούχᾱ (toúkhā) – Boeotian
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *túkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-. Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tý.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈty.kʰe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈty.xi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈty.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.çi/
Noun
τῠ́χη • (túkhē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension
- the act of a god
- the act of a human being
- (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
- (regarded as a result)
- good fortune, success
- ill fortune, misfortune
- (in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τῠ́χη hē túkhē |
τὼ τῠ́χᾱ tṑ túkhā |
αἱ τῠ́χαι hai túkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τῠ́χης tês túkhēs |
τοῖν τῠ́χαιν toîn túkhain |
τῶν τῠχῶν tôn tukhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τῠ́χῃ têi túkhēi |
τοῖν τῠ́χαιν toîn túkhain |
ταῖς τῠ́χαις taîs túkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τῠ́χην tḕn túkhēn |
τὼ τῠ́χᾱ tṑ túkhā |
τᾱ̀ς τῠ́χᾱς tā̀s túkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τῠ́χη túkhē |
τῠ́χᾱ túkhā |
τῠ́χαι túkhai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Terms derived from τύχη (túkhē)
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Descendants
- Greek: τύχη (týchi)
References
- τύχη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τύχη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τύχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti.çi/
Noun
τύχη • (týchi) f (plural τύχες)
Declension
declension of τύχη
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τύχη • | τύχες • |
| genitive | τύχης • | τυχών • |
| accusative | τύχη • | τύχες • |
| vocative | τύχη • | τύχες • |
Related terms
- τυχερός (tycherós, “lucky”)
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