πτυχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτῠ́σσω (ptússō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pty.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /ptyˈçi/ → /ptiˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pty.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptyˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptyˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptyˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptiˈçi/

Noun

πτῠχή • (ptukhḗ) f (genitive πτῠχῆς); first declension

1. fold

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πτῠχή; τῆς πτῠχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῠχή hē ptukhḗ	τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptukhā́	αἱ πτῠχαί hai ptukhaí
Genitive	τῆς πτῠχῆς tês ptukhês	τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptukhaîn	τῶν πτῠχῶν tôn ptukhôn
Dative	τῇ πτῠχῇ têi ptukhêi	τοῖν πτῠχαῖν toîn ptukhaîn	ταῖς πτῠχαῖς taîs ptukhaîs
Accusative	τὴν πτῠχήν tḕn ptukhḗn	τὼ πτῠχᾱ́ tṑ ptukhā́	τᾱ̀ς πτῠχᾱ́ς tā̀s ptukhā́s
Vocative	πτῠχή ptukhḗ	πτῠχᾱ́ ptukhā́	πτῠχαί ptukhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πτῠ́χῐον (ptúkhion, “folding tablet”)

References

• “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πτυχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ).

Noun

πτυχή • (ptychí) f (plural πτυχές)

1. fold, bend, crease
2. (geology) fold

Declension

Declension of πτυχή

	singular	plural
nominative	πτυχή •	πτυχές •
genitive	πτυχής •	πτυχών •
accusative	πτυχή •	πτυχές •
vocative	πτυχή •	πτυχές •

Further reading

• Πτυχή (γεωλογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el