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δυσκολία
difficulty /ðiskoˈli.a/
nounB1#1709 most common
Also: trouble, hardship
Example sentences
Η άσκηση έχει μεγάλη δυσκολία.
The exercise has great difficulty.
Δεν έχω καμία δυσκολία με τα αγγλικά.
I have no difficulty with English.
Αντιμετωπίζω δυσκολία στο να κοιμηθώ το βράδυ.
I face difficulty falling asleep at night.
Η οικονομική δυσκολία επηρέασε όλη την οικογένεια.
The financial difficulty affected the whole family.
Παρά τις δυσκολίες, κατάφερε να ολοκληρώσει το έργο εγκαίρως.
Despite the difficulties, he managed to finish the project on time.
Οι δυσκολίες που αντιμετώπισε η κυβέρνηση κατά τη διαπραγμάτευση αποκάλυψαν βαθύτερες διαρθρωτικές αδυναμίες.
The difficulties the government faced during the negotiation revealed deeper structural weaknesses.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η δυσκολία | οι δυσκολίες |
| Genitive | της δυσκολίας | των δυσκολιών |
| Accusative | τη δυσκολία | τις δυσκολίες |
| Vocative | δυσκολία | δυσκολίες |
Word family
δύσκολοςdifficult, hard
δυσκολεύομαιto find something difficult, to struggle
δυσκολεύωto make difficult, to complicate
ευκολίαease, convenience
εύκολοςeasyEtymology
The word comes from the adjective δύσκολος, formed from the prefix δυσ- (bad, hard, difficult) and κόλον, related to food or perhaps an old word tied to satisfaction with food. The prefix δυσ- appears across many Greek words to signal something gone wrong or done with difficulty, as in δυστυχία (misfortune) or δύσπνοια (breathlessness). The abstract noun suffix -ία turns the adjective δύσκολος into the noun δυσκολία, naming the quality or state of being difficult.
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