"ζήλια" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzi.ʎa/
Etymology: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ζήλια (zḗlia) / ζήλεια (zḗleia), from ζηλεία (zēleía) with recessive accent. From ζηλεύω (zilévo). Also see ζήλος (zílos). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|el|gkm|ζήλια|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Byzantine Greek ζήλια (zḗlia), {{inh+|el|gkm|ζήλια}} Inherited from Byzantine Greek ζήλια (zḗlia) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|ζήλιες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} ζήλια • (zília) f (plural ζήλιες), {{el-noun|f|ζήλιες}} ζήλια • (zília) f (plural ζήλιες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|ζήλια|ζήλιες|ζήλιας|-|ζήλια|ζήλιες|ζήλια|ζήλιες|note=}} Forms: zília [romanization], ζήλιες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ζήλια [nominative, singular], ζήλιες [nominative, plural], ζήλιας [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], ζήλια [accusative, singular], ζήλιες [accusative, plural], ζήλια [singular, vocative], ζήλιες [plural, vocative], ζήλεια [alternative]
  1. jealousy, envy Synonyms: φθόνος (fthónos) [masculine], ζηλοφθονία (zilofthonía) [feminine] Related terms: ζηλιάρης (ziliáris) [adjective, masculine], ζηλιάρα (ziliára) [feminine], ζηλιάρικο (ziliáriko) [neuter] Related terms (and see): ζηλεύω (zilévo)

Inflected forms

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      "homophone": "ζίλια (zília)"
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