Ζωή

See also: ζωή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Already in the Septuagint translation. From ζωή (zōḗ, “life”), fashioned as a semantic loan from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā, “Eve”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); ? declension (Koine)

  1. a female given name, Zoe or Zoë, meaning “life”

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζωή; τῆς Ζωῆς (Koine)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ζωή
hē Zōḗ
Genitive τῆς Ζωῆς
tês Zōês
Dative τῇ Ζωῇ
tēî Zōēî
Accusative τὴν Ζωήν
tḕn Zōḗn
Vocative Ζωή
Zōḗ
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

  • → Aragonese: Zoya
  • → Breton: Zoe
  • → Bulgarian: Зоя (Zoja)
  • → Catalan: Zoe
  • → Chinese: 佐伊 (Zuǒyī)
  • → Czech: Zoja, Zoe
  • → Danish: Zoe
  • → Dutch: Zoë
  • → English: Zoe, Zoë, Zoey
  • → Finnish: Zoe
  • → French: Zoé, Zoë
  • → Galician: Zoe
  • → German: Zoe
  • Greek: Ζωή (Zoḯ)
  • → Italian: Zoe
  • → Korean: 조에 (Jo'e)
  • → Latin: Zōē
  • → Latvian: Zoja
  • → Norwegian: Zoë
  • → Persian: زوئه (zo'e)
  • → Polish: Zoja, Zoe
  • → Portuguese: Zoé
  • → Romanian: Zoe
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Zoja
  • → Slovak: Zoja
  • → Slovene: Zoja
  • → Spanish: Zoe
  • → Swedish: Zoë
  • → Russian: Зо́я (Zója)
  • → Turkish: Zoe
  • → Ukrainian: Зо́я (Zója)

Greek

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zoḯ) f

  1. a female given name, the Greek form of Zoë, Zoe

Declension

Declension of Ζωή
singular plural
nominative Ζωή (Zoḯ) Ζωές (Zoés)
genitive Ζωής (Zoḯs) Ζωών (Zoón)
accusative Ζωή (Zoḯ) Ζωές (Zoés)
vocative Ζωή (Zoḯ) Ζωές (Zoés)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.