τρίχα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.kʰa/ → /ˈtri.xa/ → /ˈtri.xa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.kʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.kʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.xa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.xa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.xa/

Etymology 1

Noun

τρῐ́χᾰ • (trĭ́khă)

1. accusative singular of θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x)

Etymology 2

From τρίς (trís, “thrice”), like δίχα (díkha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

τρίχα • (tríkha)

1. in three parts

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek θρίξ (thríx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.xa/

Noun

τρίχα • (trícha) f (plural τρίχες)

1. (anatomy, biology) a single hair

Declension

Declension of τρίχα

	singular	plural
nominative	τρίχα (trícha)	τρίχες (tríches)
genitive	τρίχας (tríchas)	τριχών (trichón)
accusative	τρίχα (trícha)	τρίχες (tríches)
vocative	τρίχα (trícha)	τρίχες (tríches)

Coordinate terms

• μαλλιά n pl (malliá, “hair”) (collectively)
• μπούκλα f (boúkla, “a lock or tuft of hair”)

Related terms

• άτριχος (átrichos, “hairless”)
• τρίχωμα n (tríchoma)
• τριχωτός (trichotós, “hairy”)

Noun

τρίχα • (trícha) m

1. genitive/accusative/vocative singular of τρίχας (tríchas)