ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΣ, δυστυχες
DYSTYCHES, dystyches
Sounds Like: dys-TOO-khes
Translations: unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, miserable, unlucky
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as being unfortunate, unhappy, or miserable. It is often used to express a state of ill-fortune or distress. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ΔΥΣ- (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'ill', and ΤΥΧΗ (tyche), meaning 'fortune' or 'luck'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1454 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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, ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΙΣ — unfortunate, miserable, wretched, unhappy
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most unfortunate, most unhappy, most miserable, a most unfortunate, a most unhappy, a most miserable
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more unfortunate, more miserable, more wretched
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣ — unfortunate, unlucky, wretched, miserable
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΟΥΣ — of the unfortunate, of the unhappy, unfortunate, unhappy
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