μονή

See also: μόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μένω (ménō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.nɛ̌ː/ → /moˈni/ → /moˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈni/

Noun

μονή • (monḗ) f (genitive μονῆς); first declension

1. stay (in a particular place)
2. dwelling, abode

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μονή; τῆς μονῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μονή hē monḗ	τὼ μονᾱ́ tṑ monā́	αἱ μοναί hai monaí
Genitive	τῆς μονῆς tês monês	τοῖν μοναῖν toîn monaîn	τῶν μονῶν tôn monôn
Dative	τῇ μονῇ têi monêi	τοῖν μοναῖν toîn monaîn	ταῖς μοναῖς taîs monaîs
Accusative	τὴν μονήν tḕn monḗn	τὼ μονᾱ́ tṑ monā́	τᾱ̀ς μονᾱ́ς tā̀s monā́s
Vocative	μονή monḗ	μονᾱ́ monā́	μοναί monaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μονή (moní)

Further reading

• “μονή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μονή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μονή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3438 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • delay idem, page 207.
  • habitation idem, page 380.
  • slowness idem, page 786.
  • sojourn idem, page 791.
  • stay idem, page 813.
  • stop idem, page 820.
  • tardiness idem, page 855.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • vacillation idem, page 942.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ).

Noun

μονή • (moní) f (plural μονές)

1. monastery, nunnery, convent

Declension

Declension of μονή

	singular	plural
nominative	μονή •	μονές •
genitive	μονής •	μονών •
accusative	μονή •	μονές •
vocative	μονή •	μονές •

Synonyms

• μοναστήρι n (monastíri)

Further reading

• “μονή”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
• Ελληνικά μοναστήρια on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Adjective

μονή • (moní)

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of μονός (monós).