ψυχή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(deprecated template usage)

• (5th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰsy͜ykʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰsyːkʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸsyxí/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psyçí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiçí/

Etymology

From ψύχω "I blow"

Noun

1. breath
2. life, spirit
3. The immortal part of a person: soul
4. The spirit of a dead person: ghost
5. The conscious self, as the seat of emotions, desires
6. The organ of thought: mind, reason
7. Template:philosophy The universal spirit
8. butterfly, moth

Inflection

First declension of ψῡχή, ψῡχῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῡχή	τὼ ψῡχᾱ́	αἱ ψῡχαί
Genitive	τῆς ψῡχῆς	τοῖν ψῡχαῖν	τῶν ψῡχῶν
Dative	τῇ ψῡχῇ	τοῖν ψῡχαῖν	ταῖς ψῡχαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ψῡχήν	τὼ ψῡχᾱ́	τὰς ψῡχᾱ́ς
Vocative	ψῡχή	ψῡχᾱ́	ψῡχαί
Dialectal forms:
Notes:

See also

• anima

References

• BDAG
• Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
• Strong's concordance number: G5590

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Greek

Noun

ψυχή • (psychí) f (plural ψυχές)

1. soul