δράση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek δρᾶσις (drâsis),[1] or from Koine Greek δρᾶ(σις) (drâ(sis), “effectiveness”) + -ση (-si).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈðɾa.si/
  • Hyphenation: δρά‧ση

Noun

δράση • (drási) f (plural δράσεις)

  1. action (of person or object)

Declension

Declension of δράση
singular plural
nominative δράση (drási) δράσεις (dráseis)
genitive δράσης (drásis) δράσεων (dráseon)
accusative δράση (drási) δράσεις (dráseis)
vocative δράση (drási) δράσεις (dráseis)

Also, older or formal genitive singular: δράσεως (dráseos)

Derived terms

  • and see: δρω (dro, “to take action”) for stem δρασ-

References

  1. ^ δράση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ δράση - δράση - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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