oligarchia

See also: oligarchìa and oligarchią

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin oligarchia (“oligarchy”), from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía, “rule of the few”), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoliɡɒrɦijɒ]
• Rhymes: -jɒ
• Hyphenation: oli‧gar‧chia
• Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧chi‧a

Noun

oligarchia (plural oligarchiák)

1. (politics) oligarchy

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	oligarchia	oligarchiák
accusative	oligarchiát	oligarchiákat
dative	oligarchiának	oligarchiáknak
instrumental	oligarchiával	oligarchiákkal
causal-final	oligarchiáért	oligarchiákért
translative	oligarchiává	oligarchiákká
terminative	oligarchiáig	oligarchiákig
essive-formal	oligarchiaként	oligarchiákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	oligarchiában	oligarchiákban
superessive	oligarchián	oligarchiákon
adessive	oligarchiánál	oligarchiáknál
illative	oligarchiába	oligarchiákba
sublative	oligarchiára	oligarchiákra
allative	oligarchiához	oligarchiákhoz
elative	oligarchiából	oligarchiákból
delative	oligarchiáról	oligarchiákról
ablative	oligarchiától	oligarchiáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	oligarchiáé	oligarchiáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	oligarchiáéi	oligarchiákéi

Possessive forms of oligarchia

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	oligarchiám	oligarchiáim
2nd person sing.	oligarchiád	oligarchiáid
3rd person sing.	oligarchiája	oligarchiái
1st person plural	oligarchiánk	oligarchiáink
2nd person plural	oligarchiátok	oligarchiáitok
3rd person plural	oligarchiájuk	oligarchiáik

Related terms

• oligarcha
• oligarchikus

Further reading

• oligarchia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Interlingua

Noun

oligarchia (plural oligarchias)

1. (politics) oligarchy

Related terms

• oligarcha
• oligarchic

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) +‎ -archia (“rule”, “government”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡarˈki.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧chì‧a

Noun

oligarchia f (plural oligarchie)

1. (politics) oligarchy

Related terms

• oligarca
• oligarchicamente
• oligarchico

Further reading

• oligarchia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• oligarchia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• oligarchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.lɪˈɡar.kʰi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.liˈɡar.ki.a]

Noun

oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, politics) oligarchy
   • 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:

     Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.

     Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	oligarchia	oligarchiae
genitive	oligarchiae	oligarchiārum
dative	oligarchiae	oligarchiīs
accusative	oligarchiam	oligarchiās
ablative	oligarchiā	oligarchiīs
vocative	oligarchia	oligarchiae

Related terms

• oligarcha
• oligarchicus

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈɡar.xja/

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• Rhymes: -arxja
• Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧chia

Noun

oligarchia f

1. (politics) oligarchy

Declension

Declension of oligarchia

	singular	plural
nominative	oligarchia	oligarchie
genitive	oligarchii	oligarchii/oligarchij (archaic)
dative	oligarchii	oligarchiom
accusative	oligarchię	oligarchie
instrumental	oligarchią	oligarchiami
locative	oligarchii	oligarchiach
vocative	oligarchio	oligarchie

Further reading

• oligarchia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oligarchia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔliɡarxia/, [ˈɔliɡarxia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧chi‧a

Noun

oligarchia f (relational adjective oligarchický)

1. (politics) oligarchy

Declension

Declension of oligarchia
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	oligarchia	oligarchie
genitive	oligarchie	oligarchií
dative	oligarchii	oligarchiám
accusative	oligarchiu	oligarchie
locative	oligarchii	oligarchiách
instrumental	oligarchiou	oligarchiami

Further reading

• “oligarchia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026