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προσευχή
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προσεύχομαι (proseúkhomai, “pray”) + -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns). Morphologically from προσ- (“toward”) + εὐχή (“prayer, wish”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.seʍˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.seɸˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.sefˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.sefˈçi/
Noun
προσευχή • (proseukhḗ) f (genitive προσευχῆς); first declension (Koine)
- prayer
- place of prayer
Inflection
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Greek
Etymology
From Hellenistic Koine Greek προσευχή. Morphologically from προσ- (“toward”) + ευχή (“wish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
προσευχή • (prosefchí) f (plural προσευχές)
Declension
Related terms
- απευχή f (apefchí, “not a wish”)
- προσευχητάριο n (prosefchitário), προσευχητάρι n (prosefchitári, “book with prayers”) (ecclesiastic)
- προσεύχομαι (proséfchomai, “pray”)
- and see: εύχομαι (éfchomai, “I wish”), ευχή f (efchí, “the wish”)
Further reading
προσευχή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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