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οικία
house /i.ciˈa/
nounC1#3597 most common
Also: home, household, dwelling
Example sentences
Η οικία μου είναι μικρή.
My house is small.
Πηγαίνω στην οικία της γιαγιάς μου.
I go to my grandmother's house.
Η οικία βρίσκεται κοντά στη θάλασσα.
The house is located near the sea.
Αγόρασαν μια παλιά οικία στο χωριό.
They bought an old house in the village.
Η αστυνομία έκανε έρευνα στην οικία του υπόπτου.
The police carried out a search of the suspect's residence.
Η οικία χρονολογείται από τον 19ο αιώνα και έχει κηρυχθεί διατηρητέα.
The residence dates from the 19th century and has been declared a listed building.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η οικία | οι οικίες |
| Genitive | της οικίας | των οικιών |
| Accusative | την οικία | τις οικίες |
| Vocative | οικία | οικίες |
Word family
οίκοςhouse, dynasty, firmοικογένειαfamilyοικονομίαeconomy
οικοδομήbuilding, construction
κατοικίαresidence, dwellingEtymology
οικία derives from the ancient Greek οἶκος, meaning house or household, with the abstract noun suffix -ία attached to form a term for the dwelling itself. The root οἶκ- also underlies English borrowings like economy (household management) and ecology (study of the household of nature). In Modern Greek, οικία survives mainly in formal, legal, and written registers, while σπίτι is the everyday word for house.
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