"ουσία" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /uˈsi.a/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|οὐσία}} Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|ουσίες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} ουσία • (ousía) f (plural ουσίες), {{el-noun|f|ουσίες}} ουσία • (ousía) f (plural ουσίες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|ουσία|ουσίες|ουσίας|ουσιών|ουσία|ουσίες|ουσία|ουσίες|note=}} Forms: ousía [romanization], ουσίες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ουσία [nominative, singular], ουσίες [nominative, plural], ουσίας [genitive, singular], ουσιών [genitive, plural], ουσία [accusative, singular], ουσίες [accusative, plural], ουσία [singular, vocative], ουσίες [plural, vocative]
  1. being
    Sense id: en-ουσία-el-noun-hVdPoH2u
  2. substance
    Sense id: en-ουσία-el-noun-lDrmCzMd Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία', Greek undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 31 16 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 15 36 27 22 Disambiguation of Greek undefined derivations: 8 43 32 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 44 36 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 37 31 28
  3. meaning, sense
    Sense id: en-ουσία-el-noun-8ZaAhC0W Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 44 36 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 37 31 28
  4. essence
    Sense id: en-ουσία-el-noun-CSvYZGz1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 44 36 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 37 31 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ανούσιος (anoúsios), αυτούσιος (aftoúsios), επί της ουσίας (epí tis ousías), επιούσιος (epioúsios), κατ’ ουσίαν (kat’ ousían), ουσιαστικοποίηση (ousiastikopoíisi), ουσιαστικοποιώ (ousiastikopoió), ουσιαστικόςουσιαστικό (ousiastikó) [neuter], ουσιώδης (ousiódis), πεμπτουσία (pemptousía), περιουσία (periousía) [feminine], στην ουσία (stin ousía)

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "anoúsios",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "aftoúsios",
      "word": "αυτούσιος"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "16": "",
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        "18": "",
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        "22": "",
        "23": "",
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    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ουσία"
}
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    "Greek undefined derivations",
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "anoúsios",
      "word": "ανούσιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aftoúsios",
      "word": "αυτούσιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epí tis ousías",
      "word": "επί της ουσίας"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epioúsios",
      "word": "επιούσιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kat’ ousían",
      "word": "κατ’ ουσίαν"
    },
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      "roman": "ousiastikopoíisi",
      "word": "ουσιαστικοποίηση"
    },
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      "roman": "ousiastikopoió",
      "word": "ουσιαστικοποιώ"
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      "roman": "ousiastikó",
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      ],
      "word": "ουσιαστικόςουσιαστικό"
    },
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      "roman": "pemptousía",
      "word": "πεμπτουσία"
    },
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      "roman": "periousía",
      "tags": [
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    },
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    }
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  ],
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}

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