Κυριακή

See also: κυριακή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κυριακή (kuriakḗ)

Etymology

Short for ἡ Κυριακὴ ἡμέρα (hē Kuriakḕ hēméra, “the Lord's Day”), from κυριακή (kuriakḗ), feminine form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /cy.ri.aˈci/ → /ci.ri.aˈci/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.ri.aˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.ri.aˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ri.aˈci/

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kuriakḗ) f

1. (Koine, Christianity) Sunday, Lord's Day

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ (kuriakē)
• Greek: Κυριακή (Kyriakí)
• → Old Georgian: კჳრიაკჱ (ḳwiriaḳē), კჳრაჲ (ḳwiray)
  • Georgian: კვირა (ḳvira)
    • → Bats: კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ), კუჲრაჸო̆ (ḳuyraʾŏ)
    • → Chechen: кӏира (kʼira)
    • → Ingush: кӏира (kʼira)
    • → Ossetian: къуӕре (k’wære), къуыри́ (k’°yrí)
• → Old Armenian: կիւրակէ (kiwrakē), կիրակէ (kirakē), կիրակի (kiraki), կիւրիակէ (kiwriakē)
  • Armenian: կիրակի (kiraki), կյուրակե (kyurake), կյուրակի (kyuraki) — dated, learned borrowings from Old Armenian
    • → Turkish: gireyi, gireği
    • → Zazaki: kîrye
  • → Arabic: الْكُرْكِيّ (al-kurkiyy, “name of a market in Partav”)
  • → Northern Kurdish: կիրակէ (kirakē)
• → Romani: kurko
• → Tat:

  Lahyj: քրաքի (kʰrakʰi)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κυριακός”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիւրակէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 598
• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 652–653

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Κυριακή.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cirʝaˈci/
• Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρια‧κή
• older Hyphenation: Κυ‧ρι‧α‧κή (without synizesis)

Noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f (plural Κυριακές)

1. Sunday

Declension

Declension of Κυριακή

	singular	plural
nominative	Κυριακή (Kyriakí)	Κυριακές (Kyriakés)
genitive	Κυριακής (Kyriakís)	Κυριακών (Kyriakón)
accusative	Κυριακή (Kyriakí)	Κυριακές (Kyriakés)
vocative	Κυριακή (Kyriakí)	Κυριακές (Kyriakés)

Coordinate terms

• εβδομάδα f (evdomáda, “week”)
• Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
• Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
• Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
• Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
• Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
• σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)

Derived terms

• κυριακάτικα (kyriakátika, “on a Sunday”, adverb)
• κυριακάτικος (kyriakátikos, “of Sunday”)

Related terms

• κυρία f (kyría, “Madame, Mrs”)
• κυριακός (kyriakós, “of Sunday”) (especially in feminine) κυριακή
• Κύριος m (Kýrios, “(literally: Lord) Christ”)
• κύριος m (kýrios, “Mr, Sir, Lord”)
• κύριος (kýrios, “main, most important”)

Proper noun

Κυριακή • (Kyriakí) f

1. a female given name

   Antonym: Κυριάκος (Kyriákos)

Further reading

• Κυριακή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Κυριακή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language