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δυστυχία
misfortune /ðistiˈçia/
nounC1#3096 most common
Also: bad luck, unhappiness, misery
Example sentences
Είχε μεγάλη δυστυχία στη ζωή του.
He had great misfortune in his life.
Η δυστυχία της οικογένειας άγγιξε όλους.
The family's misfortune touched everyone.
Δεν ξέρω γιατί μας βρήκε τόση δυστυχία.
I don't know why so much misfortune found us.
Η δυστυχία του δεν οφειλόταν σε δικό του λάθος.
His misfortune was not due to a mistake of his own.
Παρά τη δυστυχία που τους βρήκε, κατάφεραν να ξαναχτίσουν τη ζωή τους.
Despite the misfortune that befell them, they managed to rebuild their lives.
Ο συγγραφέας περιγράφει με σπάνια ευαισθησία τη δυστυχία των ανθρώπων που έζησαν τον πόλεμο.
The author describes, with rare sensitivity, the misfortune of the people who lived through the war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η δυστυχία | οι δυστυχίες |
| Genitive | της δυστυχίας | των δυστυχιών |
| Accusative | τη δυστυχία | τις δυστυχίες |
| Vocative | δυστυχία | δυστυχίες |
Word family
δύστυχοςunfortunate, unhappy
δυστυχώςunfortunatelyδυστυχισμένοςmiserable, wretched
ευτυχίαhappiness (opposite)Etymology
The word combines the negative prefix δυσ- with τύχη, meaning luck or fortune. Δυσ- attaches to nouns and adjectives to signal something bad, hard, or difficult, the mirror image of ευ-, which signals something good. Τύχη itself comes from the ancient verb τυγχάνω, meaning to hit the mark or happen upon, tied to the idea of chance.
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