ιχθύς
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈxθis/
Audio (Athens, Greece): (file) - Hyphenation: ι‧χθύς
Noun
ιχθύς • (ichthýs) m or f (plural ιχθύες)
- (masculine, dated, archaic) fish (used mainly in compounds)
- Synonym: ψάρι (psári) (Standard Modern Greek)
- (masculine and feminine, astrology) usually capitalised as Ιχθύς (Ichthýs): Piscean (someone with a Pisces star sign)
Declension
Forms from the ancient declension of ἰχθύς (ikhthús).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ιχθύς (ichthýs) | ιχθύες (ichthýes) |
| genitive | ιχθύος (ichthýos) | ιχθύων (ichthýon) |
| accusative | ιχθύ (ichthý) | ιχθύς (ichthýs) |
| vocative | ιχθύ (ichthý) | ιχθύες (ichthýes) |
Derived terms
- ιχθυαγορά f (ichthyagorá, “fish market”)
- ιχθυάλευρο n (ichthyálevro, “fishmeal”)
- ιχθυέλαιο n (ichthyélaio, “fish oil”)
- ιχθυοκαλλιέργεια f (ichthyokalliérgeia, “fish farm”)
- ιχθυόκολλα f (ichthyókolla, “isinglass”)
- ιχθυολόγος m (ichthyológos, “ichthyologist”)
- ιχθυοπώλης m (ichthyopólis, “fishmonger”)
- ιχθυοπώλισσα f (ichthyopólissa, “fishmonger”)
- ιχθυόσαυρος m (ichthyósavros, “ichthyosaur”)
- ιχθυόσκαλα f (ichthyóskala, “fish sale, fish auction”)
- ιχθυοτροφείο f (ichthyotrofeío, “fishery, fish farm”)
- καλαμοϊχθύς (kalamoïchthýs)
- κιθαριχθύς (kitharichthýs)
- νήμιχθυς (nímichthys)
- ξύριχθυς (xýrichthys)
- οστεοϊχθύς (osteoïchthýs)
- παραλιχθύς (paralichthýs)
- πλατιχθύς (platichthýs)
- φώλιχθυς (fólichthys)
Further reading
- ιχθύς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ιχθύς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el