φυσική

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.si.kɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰy.siˈke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸy.siˈci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fy.siˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.siˈci/

Adjective

φῠσῐκή • (phŭsĭkḗ)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós)
(nominalized, Byzantine) natural sciences; natural philosophy

Declension

First declension of ἡ φυσική; τῆς φυσικῆς (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ φυσική hē phusikḗ
Genitive	τῆς φυσικῆς tês phusikês
Dative	τῇ φυσικῇ tēî phusikēî
Accusative	τὴν φυσικήν tḕn phusikḗn
Vocative	φυσική phusikḗ

Descendants

→ Latin: physica (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: фи́зика (fízika), фѵ́зика (fízika) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Armenian: ֆիզիկա (fizika)
- → Crimean Tatar: fizika
- → Georgian: ფიზიკა (piziḳa)
- → Kazakh: физика (fizika)
- → Uzbek: fizika
→ Ukrainian: фі́зика (fízyka)

Greek

Etymology

Nominalisation of φυσικός (fysikós, “natural”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fi.siˈci/

Noun

φυσική • (fysikí) f (uncountable)

(sciences) physics

Declension

Declension of **φυσική**
	singular
nominative	φυσική (fysikí)
genitive	φυσικής (fysikís)
accusative	φυσική (fysikí)
vocative	φυσική (fysikí)

Further reading

φυσική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
φυσική, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language