Λιβύη

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Homeric toponym (Odyssee IX.95, XXIII.311). After the name of the Libu, a tribal people of North Africa, attested as LBW or RBW in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th century BC (Merneptah Stele), and as LBY in later Punic inscriptions.

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [libʉ́ɛː]
• (Koine): IPA: [libˈyeː]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [liβˈyi]

Proper noun

Λιβύη (genitive Λιβύης) f, first declension; (Libuē)

1. Libya
2. northwestern Africa
3. Africa

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λιβύη
Genitive	τῆς Λιβύης
Dative	τῇ Λιβύῃ
Accusative	τήν Λιβύην
Vocative	Λιβύη

Derived terms

• Λιβᾶθε
• Λιβύθε
• Λιβύθεν
• Λιβυκός
• Λίβυς
• Λίβυσσα
• Λιβυστικός
• Λιβυστίς

Descendants

Afrikaans: Libië Albanian: Libia Alemannic German: Libyen Amharic: ሊቢያ Arabic: ليبيا (Lībiyā) Aragonese: Libia Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ Armenian: Լիբիա (Libia) Asturian: Libia Azeri: Liviya Bambara: Libya Basque: Libia Belarusian: Лівія (Livija) Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa): Лібія (Libija) Bengali: লিবিয়া Bishnupriya Manipuri: লিবিয়া Breton: Libia Bulgarian: Либия (Libija) Catalan: Libia Cebuano: Libya Chinese: 利比亞 (traditional), 利比亚 (simplified) Mandarin: Lìbǐyà Cornish: Libi Crimean Tatar: Libiya Czech: Libye Danish: Libyen Dutch: Libië English: Libya Esperanto: Libio Estonian: Liibüa Finnish: Libya Franco-Provençal: Libie French: Libye Galician: Libia Georgian: ლიბია (Libia) German: Libyen Greek: Λιβύη (Livyï) Haitian Creole: Libi Hindi: लीबिया Hungarian: Líbia Icelandic: Líbýa, Líbía Ido: Libia Ilokano: Libya Indonesian: Libya Irish: An Libia Italian: Libia Japanese: リビア (Ribia) Javanese: Libya Kabyle: Libya Kannada: ಲಿಬ್ಯಾ Kapampangan: Libya Kazakh: Либия (Lïbïya) Korean: 리비아 (Ribia) Kurdish: Lîbya Latin: Libya Latvian: Lībija Ligurian: Libia Lingala: Libîya Lithuanian: Libija

Lojban: libgu'e Lower Sorbian: Libyska Low German: Libyen Luxembourgish: Libyen Macedonian: Либија (Libija) Malayalam: ലിബിയ Malay: Libya Manx: Yn Leeb Marathi: लिबिया Nahuatl: Libia Neapolitan: Libbia Norwegian: Libya Novial: Libia Occidental: Libya Occitan: Libia Old English: Libia Ossetian: Ливи (Livi) Pashto: ليبيا Persian: لیبی Piedmontese: Libia Polish: Libia Portuguese: Líbia Quechua: Libya Romanian: Libia Russian: Ливия (Livija) Sami: Libya Samogitian: Lėbėjė Sanskrit: लिबिया Scottish Gaelic: Libia Serbo-Croatian: Либија, Libija Sicilian: Libbia Slovak: Líbya Slovene: Libija Somali: Libya Spanish: Libia Swahili: Libya Swedish: Libyen Tagalog: Libya Tajik: Либия (Libiya) Tamil: லிபியா Thai: ประเทศลิเบีย Tibetan: ལིའི་པི་ཡ Tsonga: Libya Turkish: Libya Ukrainian: Лівія (Livija) Upper Sorbian: Libyska Urdu: لیبیا Uzbek: Liviya Venetian: Łibia Vietnamese: Libya Volapük: Lübän Welsh: Libya West Frisian: Lybje Wolof: Libi Yiddish: ליביע (Libye) Zazaki: Libya

References

• LSJ
• NA27
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G3033
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1015

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Proper noun

Λιβύη f. (Livýi)

1. Libya