διοίκηση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis) with -ση (-si) ending.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðiˈi.ci.si/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧οί‧κη‧ση

Noun

διοίκηση • (dioíkisi) f (plural διοικήσεις)

  1. administration (the act of administering)
    Near-synonym: διαχείριση f (diacheírisi)
    διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων ― dioíkisi epicheiríseon ― business administration
    Δημόσια διοίκηση ― Dimósia dioíkisi ― public administration
  2. administration (a body that administers; a body of administrators)
  3. administrative headquarters

Declension

Declension of διοίκηση
singular plural
nominative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)
genitive διοίκησης (dioíkisis) διοικήσεων (dioikíseon)
accusative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)
vocative διοίκηση (dioíkisi) διοικήσεις (dioikíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: διοικήσεως (dioikíseos)

References

  1. ^ διοίκηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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.