κύηση

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Greek

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek κύη(σις) (kúē(sis), pregnancy) + modern ending -ση (-si), with ancient sense "conception".[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈci.i.si/
  • Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧ση

Noun

[edit]

κύηση (kýisif (plural κυήσεις)

  1. gestation, pregnancy, gravidity

Declension

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ κύηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

[edit]