απελπισία (apelpisía)
English: despair
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Linguistic Information
Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular
About απελπισία
As a noun, απελπισία 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.
Pronunciation
IPA: apelpiˈsia
Definitions & Examples
- noun:hopelessness, despair, distressExamples:
- Synonyms: απόγνωση (apógnosi), απελπισμός (apelpismós)
- Όταν κάποιος έχει κατάθλιψη, τον πιάνει απελπισία.Ótan kápoios échei katáthlipsi, ton piánei apelpisía.
- When someone is depressed, they become despaired.
- noun:(figuratively) hopeless or disheartening situationExamples:
- Η κατάσταση είναι σκέτη απελπισία. (I katástasi eínai skéti apelpisía.) — The situation is completely hopeless.
Declension Table
feminine noun
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | απελπισία | απελπισίες |
| genitive | απελπισίας | απελπισιών |
| accusative | απελπισία | απελπισίες |
| vocative | απελπισία | απελπισίες |
Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how απελπισία appears in different grammatical contexts.