ΔΥΣΤΥΧ, δυστυχ
DYSTYCH, dystych
Sounds Like: DYS-tykh
Translations: unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, miserable, to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, misfortune, calamity, distress, a misfortune, an unfortunate event
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb, Noun
Explanation: This word is the stem for several related Koine Greek words, all revolving around the concept of misfortune or unhappiness. It can form adjectives (like 'δυστυχής' meaning 'unfortunate'), verbs (like 'δυστυχέω' meaning 'to be unfortunate'), and nouns (like 'δυστύχημα' meaning 'misfortune'). It describes a state of being in adverse circumstances or experiencing bad luck. The prefix 'δυσ-' indicates difficulty or ill-fortune, while '-τυχ-' relates to 'τύχη' (fortune or chance).
Inflection: This is a root/stem and not an inflected word itself. It forms various inflected words across different parts of speech, including adjectives (all genders, cases, and numbers), verbs (all tenses, moods, voices, and persons), and nouns (all cases and numbers).
Strong’s numbers: G1426 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1427 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1428 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΚΕΝ — has been unfortunate, has suffered misfortune, has been in distress
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to be in distress, to suffer misfortune
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ — to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to fare ill
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — unfortunate, having been unfortunate, those who were unfortunate
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
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