λαϊκός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) + -ικός (-ikós).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /laː.i.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /la.iˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /la.iˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /la.iˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /la.iˈkos/
Adjective
λᾱϊκός • (lāïkós) m (feminine λᾱϊκή, neuter λᾱϊκόν); first/second declension
- of or from the people, common
- unofficial, civilian
- not consecrated or holy
- (nominalized) layman
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | λᾱῐ̈κός lāĭ̈kós |
λᾱῐ̈κή lāĭ̈kḗ |
λᾱῐ̈κόν lāĭ̈kón |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κᾱ́ lāĭ̈kā́ |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κοί lāĭ̈koí |
λᾱῐ̈καί lāĭ̈kaí |
λᾱῐ̈κᾰ́ lāĭ̈kắ | |||||
| Genitive | λᾱῐ̈κοῦ lāĭ̈koû |
λᾱῐ̈κῆς lāĭ̈kês |
λᾱῐ̈κοῦ lāĭ̈koû |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖν lāĭ̈koîn |
λᾱῐ̈καῖν lāĭ̈kaîn |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖν lāĭ̈koîn |
λᾱῐ̈κῶν lāĭ̈kôn |
λᾱῐ̈κῶν lāĭ̈kôn |
λᾱῐ̈κῶν lāĭ̈kôn | |||||
| Dative | λᾱῐ̈κῷ lāĭ̈kōî |
λᾱῐ̈κῇ lāĭ̈kēî |
λᾱῐ̈κῷ lāĭ̈kōî |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖν lāĭ̈koîn |
λᾱῐ̈καῖν lāĭ̈kaîn |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖν lāĭ̈koîn |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖς lāĭ̈koîs |
λᾱῐ̈καῖς lāĭ̈kaîs |
λᾱῐ̈κοῖς lāĭ̈koîs | |||||
| Accusative | λᾱῐ̈κόν lāĭ̈kón |
λᾱῐ̈κήν lāĭ̈kḗn |
λᾱῐ̈κόν lāĭ̈kón |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κᾱ́ lāĭ̈kā́ |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κούς lāĭ̈koús |
λᾱῐ̈κᾱ́ς lāĭ̈kā́s |
λᾱῐ̈κᾰ́ lāĭ̈kắ | |||||
| Vocative | λᾱῐ̈κέ lāĭ̈ké |
λᾱῐ̈κή lāĭ̈kḗ |
λᾱῐ̈κόν lāĭ̈kón |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κᾱ́ lāĭ̈kā́ |
λᾱῐ̈κώ lāĭ̈kṓ |
λᾱῐ̈κοί lāĭ̈koí |
λᾱῐ̈καί lāĭ̈kaí |
λᾱῐ̈κᾰ́ lāĭ̈kắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λᾱῐ̈κῶς lāĭ̈kôs |
λᾱῐ̈κώτερος lāĭ̈kṓteros |
λᾱῐ̈κώτᾰτος lāĭ̈kṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λαός (> DER > 1. λαϊκός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 832-3
Further reading
- λαϊκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαϊκός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “λαϊκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λᾱϊκός (lāïkós, “of the people”), from λᾱός (lāós, “crowd, people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.iˈkos/
Adjective
λαϊκός • (laïkós) m (feminine λαϊκή, neuter λαϊκό)
- popular, people's (people’s) (relating to the people)
- Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας ― Laïkí Dimokratía tis Kínas ― People's Republic of China
- folk (customs, dance, etc.)
- λαϊκά τραγούδια ― laïká tragoúdia ― folk songs
- lay, secular (not ecclesiastical, nonclergy)
- working class, lower class
- vulgar, cheap (goods, clothing, etc.)
- (lexicography) colloquial, common (words, language)
- Synonym: (dictionary abbreviation) λαϊκ. (laïk.)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | λαϊκός (laïkós) | λαϊκή (laïkí) | λαϊκό (laïkó) | λαϊκοί (laïkoí) | λαϊκές (laïkés) | λαϊκά (laïká) | |
| genitive | λαϊκού (laïkoú) | λαϊκής (laïkís) | λαϊκού (laïkoú) | λαϊκών (laïkón) | λαϊκών (laïkón) | λαϊκών (laïkón) | |
| accusative | λαϊκό (laïkó) | λαϊκή (laïkí) | λαϊκό (laïkó) | λαϊκούς (laïkoús) | λαϊκές (laïkés) | λαϊκά (laïká) | |
| vocative | λαϊκέ (laïké) | λαϊκή (laïkí) | λαϊκό (laïkó) | λαϊκοί (laïkoí) | λαϊκές (laïkés) | λαϊκά (laïká) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λαϊκός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λαϊκός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο λαϊκότερος", etc)
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Related terms
- αντιλαϊκός (antilaïkós, “unpopular”)
- λαϊκός m (laïkós, “layman”)
- λαϊκή f (laïkí, “street market”)
- λαϊκά n pl (laïká, “folksong, folk music”)
Noun
λαϊκός • (laïkós) m (plural λαϊκοί)