επιθυμία (epithimía)

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About επιθυμία

As a noun, επιθυμία is of the feminine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    desire, yearning
    Examples:
    • Synonym: λαχτάρα (lachtára)
  • noun:
    wish

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeεπιθυμίαεπιθυμίες
genitiveεπιθυμίαςεπιθυμιών
accusativeεπιθυμίαεπιθυμίες
vocativeεπιθυμίαεπιθυμίες

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how επιθυμία appears in different grammatical contexts.