Παρασκευή

See also: παρασκευή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρασκευή (paraskeuḗ, “preparation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/ → /pa.ras.ceˈβi/ → /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keˈwe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

Proper noun

Πᾰρᾰσκευή • (Paraskeuḗ) f (genitive Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς); first declension

1. Friday (day of preparation for the Sabbath)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πᾰρᾰσκευή; τῆς Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾰρᾰσκευή hē Paraskeuḗ
Genitive	τῆς Πᾰρᾰσκευῆς tês Paraskeuês
Dative	τῇ Πᾰρᾰσκευῇ têi Paraskeuêi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾰρᾰσκευήν tḕn Paraskeuḗn
Vocative	Πᾰρᾰσκευή Paraskeuḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)
• Italiot Greek: prassaì
• →⇒ Adyghe: бэрэскэжъый (bɛrɛskɛẑəj, “Wednesday”, literally “small Friday”), бэрэскэшху (bɛrɛskɛšxʷu, “Friday”, literally “big Friday”)
• →⇒ Kabardian: бэрэжьей (bɛrɛźej, “Wednesday”, literally “small Friday”)
• → Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴 (paraskaiwē)
• → Old Church Slavonic: параскевьгии (paraskevĭgii)
  • Bulgarian: Параскева (Paraskeva)
• → Old Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi)
  • Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi)
    • → Bats: პარასკ (ṗarasḳ)
    • → Chechen: пӏераска (pʼeraska)
    • → Ingush: пӏаьраска (pʼäraska)
  • → Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕚𐕄𐔴 (ṗarasḳe)
    • Udi: пӏараскӏи (ṗarasḳi), параскӏи (parasḳi), параски (paraski)
  • → Laz: პარასკე (p̌arasǩe)
• → Romani: paraśtuj

References

• G3904 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πᾰρᾰσκευή (Paraskeuḗ, “[day of] preparation”). Morphologically παρα- (para-) +‎ σκευή (skeví).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.sceˈvi/
• Hyphenation: Πα‧ρα‧σκευ‧ή

Noun

Παρασκευή • (Paraskeví) f (plural Παρασκευές)

1. Friday
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Παρασκευή

	singular	plural
nominative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
genitive	Παρασκευής •	Παρασκευών •
accusative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
vocative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
The plural forms are rare.

Coordinate terms

• εβδομάδα f (evdomáda, “week”)
• Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
• Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
• Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
• Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
• Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
• σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)

 

Related terms

• see: παρασκευή f (paraskeví, “preparation”)

Further reading

• Παρασκευή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “Παρασκευή”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998