oligarchia

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin oligarchia (oligarchy), from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía, rule of the few), from ὀλίγος (olígos, few) + ἀρχός (arkhós, ruler, leader).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈoliɡɒrɦiʲɒ]
  • Hyphenation: oli‧gar‧chia

Noun

oligarchia (plural oligarchiák)

  1. (politics) oligarchy

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative oligarchia oligarchiák
accusative oligarchiát oligarchiákat
dative oligarchiának oligarchiáknak
instrumental oligarchiával oligarchiákkal
causal-final oligarchiáért oligarchiákért
translative oligarchiává oligarchiákká
terminative oligarchiáig oligarchiákig
essive-formal oligarchiaként oligarchiákként
essive-modal
inessive oligarchiában oligarchiákban
superessive oligarchián oligarchiákon
adessive oligarchiánál oligarchiáknál
illative oligarchiába oligarchiákba
sublative oligarchiára oligarchiákra
allative oligarchiához oligarchiákhoz
elative oligarchiából oligarchiákból
delative oligarchiáról oligarchiákról
ablative oligarchiától oligarchiáktól
Possessive forms of oligarchia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. oligarchiám oligarchiáim
2nd person sing. oligarchiád oligarchiáid
3rd person sing. oligarchiája oligarchiái
1st person plural oligarchiánk oligarchiáink
2nd person plural oligarchiátok oligarchiáitok
3rd person plural oligarchiájuk oligarchiáik

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).
Surface analysis: oligo- (few) + -archia (rule”, “government).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.li.ɡarˈki.a/, [ol̺iɡär̺ˈk̟iːä]
  • Stress: oligarchìa
  • Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧chia

Noun

oligarchia f (plural oligarchie)

  1. (politics) oligarchy

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

Pronunciation

Noun

oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, politics) oligarchy
    • 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:
      Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.
      Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oligarchia oligarchiae
Genitive oligarchiae oligarchiārum
Dative oligarchiae oligarchiīs
Accusative oligarchiam oligarchiās
Ablative oligarchiā oligarchiīs
Vocative oligarchia oligarchiae

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.lʲiˈɡar.xʲja/

Noun

oligarchia f

  1. (politics) oligarchy

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔliɡarxia/

Noun

oligarchia f (genitive singular oligarchie, nominative plural oligarchie, genitive plural oligarchií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. oligarchy

Declension

Derived terms

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