-αρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “leader”, “ruler”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (-ărkhĭ́ā) f (genitive -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. -archy (form of government or rule)

Inflection

First declension of -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ; -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-ărkhĭ́ā 		-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-ărkhĭ́ā 		-ᾰρχῐ́αι
-ărkhĭ́ai
Genitive -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς
-ărkhĭ́ās 		-ᾰρχῐ́αιν
-ărkhĭ́ain 		-ᾰρχῐῶν
-ărkhĭôn
Dative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾳ
-ărkhĭ́āi 		-ᾰρχῐ́αιν
-ărkhĭ́ain 		-ᾰρχῐ́αις
-ărkhĭ́ais
Accusative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱν
-ărkhĭ́ān 		-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-ărkhĭ́ā 		-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱς
-ărkhĭ́ās
Vocative -ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-ărkhĭ́ā 		-ᾰρχῐ́ᾱ
-ărkhĭ́ā 		-ᾰρχῐ́αι
-ărkhĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: -archy
  • Greek: -αρχία (-archía)
  • Latin: -archia

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -αρχία (-arkhía).

Suffix

-αρχία • (-archía) f

  1. -archy; forms systems of government and control
    ‎μητέρα (mitéra, “mother”) + ‎-αρχία (-archía) → ‎μητριαρχία (mitriarchía, “matriarchy”)

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -αρχία
μητριαρχία
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