αστεγία

Greek

Etymology

Attested as ἀστεγία (astegía) since 1889.[1] From άστεγ(ος) (ásteg(os), homeless, literally roofless) +‎ -ία (-ía, abstract-noun suffix). The modern usage, calque of English homelessness.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.steˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: α‧στε‧γία

Noun

αστεγία • (astegíaf (countable and uncountable, plural αστεγίες)

  1. (rare) homelessness; houselessness
    Alternative form: (rare literary form) αστεγιά (astegiá)[3]

Declension

Declension of αστεγία
singular plural
nominative αστεγία (astegía) αστεγίες (astegíes)
genitive αστεγίας (astegías) αστεγιών (astegión)
accusative αστεγία (astegía) αστεγίες (astegíes)
vocative αστεγία (astegía) αστεγίες (astegíes)

References

  1. ^ ἀστεγία p.168, vol.1 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
  2. ^ https://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/333152/?ln=en (DOI), postgraduate thesis 2021, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. keywords αστεγία, homelesness
  3. ^ Terms with -αστεγια —  Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003) Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής (ΑΛΝΕ) [Α Reverse Index of Modern Greek (RIMG)] @ins Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandafyllidis Foundation) ISBN:960-231-097-9 & online @greek-language.gr (abbreviations, asterisk for literary words)