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κακία
malice /kaˈki.a/
nounB2#2183 most common
Also: wickedness, evil, spite
Example sentences
Αυτός ο άνθρωπος έχει πολλή κακία.
This man has a lot of malice.
Δεν το είπε από κακία.
He didn't say it out of malice.
Η κακία της δεν έχει όρια.
Her malice has no limits.
Μη δείχνεις τόση κακία στους συναδέλφους σου.
Don't show so much malice toward your colleagues.
Πίσω από το χαμόγελό του κρυβόταν μεγάλη κακία.
Behind his smile hid great malice.
Η ιστορία δείχνει πώς η κακία μπορεί να μεταμφιεστεί σε καλοσύνη.
The story shows how malice can disguise itself as kindness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η κακία | οι κακίες |
| Genitive | της κακίας | των κακιών |
| Accusative | την κακία | τις κακίες |
| Vocative | κακία | κακίες |
Word family
κακόςbad, evil
κακώςbadly, wrongly
κακοποιόςcriminal, wrongdoer
κακομεταχειρίζομαιto mistreat
κακία (verb form: κακιώνω)to sulk, become resentful
Etymology
Κακία derives from the ancient Greek adjective κακός, meaning bad or evil, with the abstract noun suffix -ία. The word already appears in classical texts, including Aristotle's ethical writings, where it denotes vice as the opposite of virtue. Its root sense of moral badness has stayed stable from antiquity into modern Greek.
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