ατυχία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀτυχία (atukhía). By surface analysis, α- (a-) +‎ τύχ(η) (tých(i)) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tiˈçi.a/
• Hyphenation: α‧τυ‧χί‧α

Noun

ατυχία • (atychía) f (plural ατυχίες)

1. misfortune, bad luck, ill-fortune, adversity
2. misfortune, accident (physical event)

Declension

Declension of ατυχία

	singular	plural
nominative	ατυχία •	ατυχίες •
genitive	ατυχίας •	ατυχιών •
accusative	ατυχία •	ατυχίες •
vocative	ατυχία •	ατυχίες •

Synonyms

• (all senses): κακοτυχία f (kakotychía)

Related terms

• ατύχημα n (atýchima, “accident”)
• ατυχής (atychís, “unlucky”, adjective)
• άτυχος (átychos, “unlucky”, adjective)
• ατυχώ (atychó, “to be unlucky”)
• ατυχώς (atychós, “unluckily”, adverb)