εύχομαι

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (pray, wish),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *eukʰomai, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-h₁ugʰ-tor, reduplicated present from *h₁wegʷʰ- (to promise, to praise).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈef.xo.me/
  • Hyphenation: εύ‧χο‧μαι
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Verb

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εύχομαι (éfchomai) deponent (past ευχήθηκα)

  1. to wish
    Σου εύχομαι χρόνια πολλά για τα γενέθλιά σου.
    Sou éfchomai chrónia pollá gia ta genéthliá sou.
    I wish you many years for your birthday.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ εύχομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language