# δουλεία
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* δουληΐη (doulēḯē) — Ionic
* δουλῐ́ᾱ (doulíā)

### Etymology

From δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”) +‎ -ῐ́α (-ía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duː.lěː.aː/ → /ðuˈli.a/ → /ðuˈli.a/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /duː.lěː.aː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /duˈli.a/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ðuˈli.a/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ðuˈli.a/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ðuˈli.a/

### Noun

δουλείᾱ • (douleíā) f (genitive δουλείᾱς); first declension
* slavery, bondage
* servility
* group of slaves
* service for hire

#### Descendants

* Pontic Greek: δουλεία (douleía), δουλία (doulía)
** → Laz: დულჲა (dulya)
* → Greek: δουλεία (douleía) (learned)

### References

* “δουλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “δουλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* δουλεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* δουλεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
* G1397 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* δουλεία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. bondage idem, page 89.captivity idem, page 113.dependence idem, page 211.downright idem, page 249.drudgery idem, page 254.servility idem, page 756.servitude idem, page 756.slavery idem, page 783.thraldom idem, page 869.vassalage idem, page 945.

## Greek
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía).

### Noun

δουλεία • (douleía) f (plural δουλείες)
* slavery, enslavement

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | δουλεία • | δουλείες • |
| genitive | δουλείας • | δουλειών • |
| accusative | δουλεία • | δουλείες • |
| vocative | δουλεία • | δουλείες • |
| some meanings lack the genitive plural |||

#### Related terms

* see: δουλειά f (douleiá, “work”)

### See also

* δουλεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$

### References

* δουλεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

## Pontic Greek
### Alternative forms

* δουλία (doulía)

### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek δουλεία (douleía). The second sense is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish ایش (iş).

### Noun

δουλεία (douleía) f (plural δουλείας)
* work
* business, matter, affair
    Σ'οσπίτ ντο δουλεία έχεις; ― S'ospít nto douleía écheis? ― What are you doing at home?

#### Descendants

* → Laz: დულჲა (dulya)

### References

* Asan, Ömer (2000) Pontos Kültürü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Belge Yayınları, pages 246, 348a
* Dawkins, R. M. (1937) “The Pontic dialect of Modern Greek in Asia Minor and Russia”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎, volume 31, number 6, page 45 of 15–52
* Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1958–1961) “δουλεία”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), Athens: Myrtidis, pages 274–275
* Tursun, Vahit (2021) “δουλία”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 236a