Γεώργιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔ̌ːr.ɡi.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈor.ɡi.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈor.ʝi.os/

Proper noun

Γεώργῐος • (Geṓrgios) m (genitive Γεωργῐ́ου); second declension

a male given name, equivalent to English George

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Γεώργῐος; τοῦ Γεωργῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γεώργῐος ho Geṓrgios
Genitive	τοῦ Γεωργῐ́ου toû Geōrgíou
Dative	τῷ Γεωργῐ́ῳ tôi Geōrgíōi
Accusative	τὸν Γεώργῐον tòn Geṓrgion
Vocative	Γεώργῐε Geṓrgie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Γεωργία (Geōrgía)

Descendants

→ Albanian: Gjergj
→ Amharic: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)
→ Arabic: جَاوُرْجِيُوس (jāwurjiyūs)
→ Old Armenian: Գէորգ (Gēorg)
- Armenian: Գևորգ (Geworg)
→ Azerbaijani: Georgi, Gürc
→ Ge'ez: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis) (Giyorgis)
→ Old Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi), გეორგი (georgi), გიორგიოს (giorgios)
- Georgian: გიორგი (giorgi)
Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Γιώργος (Giórgos), Γιώργης (Giórgis)
→ Hebrew: גאורגיוס (Geʼorgiyos)
→ Latin: Georgius (see there for further descendants)
→ Malay: Jurjis
→ Classical Syriac: ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ
- → Malayalam: ഗീവർഗീസ് (gīvaṟgīsŭ), ഗീവർഗ്ഗീസ് (gīvaṟggīsŭ), വർഗീസ് (vaṟgīsŭ), വർഗ്ഗീസ് (vaṟggīsŭ), വർക്കി (vaṟkki), വക്കച്ചൻ (vakkaccaṉ), വരീത് (varītŭ)
  - → English: Geevarghese, Varghese, Varughese
→ Old Church Slavonic: Геѡргеи (Georgei)
- Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)
- Macedonian: Ѓорѓија (Ǵorǵija), Ѓоргија (Ǵorgija), Ѓорги (Ǵorgi), Георгија (Georgija)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: Ђорђе, Ђypaђ, Ђypо
  - Latin script: Đorđe, Đurađ, Đuro
- → Romanian: Gheorghe
→ Old East Slavic: Георгий (Georgij)
- Russian: Егор (Jegor), Георгий (Georgij), Гео́ргій (Geórgij)
  - → Karelian: Jyrki
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: Гюрги (Gjurgi)
  - Russian: Юрий (Jurij), Ю́рій (Júrij)
    - → English: Yuri
    - → Estonian: Juri, Jüri
    - → Finnish: Juri
    - → German: Juri
    - → Ingrian: Jyri
    - → Karelian: Jyri
    - ⇒ Latvian: Jurijs
    - ⇒ Lithuanian: Jurijus
    - → Persian: یوری (yuri)
    - → Swedish: Jurij
    - → Portuguese: Yuri
  - Ukrainian: Юрій (Jurij)
    - → Romanian: Iurie
→ Tigrinya: ጊዮርጊስ (giyorgis)

Greek

Alternative forms

Γιώργιος (Giórgios) (a rare misconstruction)
Γιώργος (Giórgos) (standard, not formal, most common)
Γιώργης (Giórgis), Γιωργής (Giorgís) (familiar)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʝeˈoɾ.ʝi.os/
Hyphenation: Γε‧ώρ‧γι‧ος

Proper noun

Γεώργιος • (Geórgios) m

(formal) a male given name, equivalent to English George (chiefly used in identification cards and official documents)
standard use: Γιώργος (Giórgos, “George”)

Declension

Γεώργιος

case \ number	singular
nominative	Γεώργιος •
genitive	Γεωργίου •
accusative	Γεώργιο •
vocative	Γεώργιε •
the genitive Γεώργιου is also found.

Related terms

Γεωργία f (Georgía, “Georgia”)
Γιωργάκης m (Giorgákis, diminutive of Γιώργος)
Γιωργία f (Giorgía, “Georgia”)
Γιώργαινα f (Giórgaina, “wife of Γιώργος”)
Γιώργος m (Giórgos, “George”)
Γιώργης m (Giórgis) and see Alternative forms

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Γεώργιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

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