Γεώργιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.ɔ̌ːr.ɡi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈor.ɡi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
Proper noun
Γεώργῐος • (Geṓrgĭos) m (genitive Γεωργῐ́ου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English George
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Γεώργῐος ho Geṓrgĭos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Γεωργῐ́ου toû Geōrgĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Γεωργῐ́ῳ tōî Geōrgĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Γεώργῐον tòn Geṓrgĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Γεώργῐε Geṓrgĭe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Γεωργία (Geōrgía)
Descendants
- Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Γιώργος (Giórgos), Γιώργης (Giórgis)
- → Albanian: Gjergj
- → Amharic: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)
- → Arabic: جَاوُرْجِيُوس (jāwurjiyūs), جُرْجُس (jurjus), جُورْج (jūrj)
- → Old Armenian: Գէորգ (Gēorg)
- Armenian: Գևորգ (Geworg)
- → Azerbaijani: Georgi, Gürc
- → Ge'ez: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis) (Giyorgis)
- → Old Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi), გეორგი (georgi), გიორგიოს (giorgios)
- Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi)
- → Hebrew: גאורגיוס (Geʼorgiyos)
- → Latin: Geōrgius (see there for further descendants)
- → Malay: Jurjis
- → Classical Syriac: ܓܹܝܘܲܪܓܝܼܣ (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Геѡргеи (Georgei)
- → Old East Slavic: Георгий (Georgij)
- → Tigrinya: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)
Further reading
- Γεώργιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Greek
Alternative forms
- Γιώργιος (Giórgios) (a rare misconstruction)
- Γιώργος (Giórgos) (standard, not formal, most common)
- Γιώργης (Giórgis), Γιωργής (Giorgís) (familiar)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝeˈoɾ.ʝi.os/
- Hyphenation: Γε‧ώρ‧γι‧ος
Proper noun
Γεώργιος • (Geórgios) m
- (formal) a male given name, equivalent to English George, chiefly used in identification cards and official documents
- standard use: Γιώργος (Giórgos, “George”)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Γεώργιος (Geórgios) |
| genitive | Γεωργίου (Georgíou) |
| accusative | Γεώργιο (Geórgio) |
| vocative | Γεώργιε (Geórgie) |
the genitive Γεώργιου is also found.