προσπάθεια (prospáthia)

English: attempt

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About προσπάθεια

As a noun, προσπάθεια 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:
    (the action of trying at something): attempt, try; go (informal)
    Examples:
    • Synonym: απόπειρα f (apópeira)
    • Κάθε ανταγωνιστής επιτρέπεται τρεις προσπάθειες.Káthe antagonistís epitrépetai treis prospátheies.
    • Each competitor is allowed three attempts.

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeπροσπάθειαπροσπάθειες
genitiveπροσπάθειαςπροσπαθειών
accusativeπροσπάθειαπροσπάθειες
vocativeπροσπάθειαπροσπάθειες

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