ευθύνη

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek εὐθύνη (euthúnē, “public control of the actions of rulers”), from Ancient Greek εὔθυνα (eúthuna), from εὐθύνω (euthúnō, “to guide straight; to examine one's conduct”), with semantic loan from French responsabilité.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈfθi.ni/

Noun

ευθύνη • (efthýni) f (plural ευθύνες)

Declension

Declension of **ευθύνη**
	singular	plural
nominative	ευθύνη (efthýni)	ευθύνες (efthýnes)
genitive	ευθύνης (efthýnis)	ευθυνών (efthynón)
accusative	ευθύνη (efthýni)	ευθύνες (efthýnes)
vocative	ευθύνη (efthýni)	ευθύνες (efthýnes)

Derived terms

εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης f (etaireía periorisménis efthýnis, “limited liability company”)

References

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

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

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