gnosis
See also: Gnosis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ.sɪs/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun
gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)
- (Gnosticism) an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics
- act or process of knowing
- (occult) an altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective
Related terms
Translations
gnosis
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡno(ː)sis/, [ˈɡno̞(ː)s̠is̠]
Declension
| Inflection of gnosis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gnosis | gnosikset | |
| genitive | gnosiksen | gnosisten gnosiksien | |
| partitive | gnosista | gnosiksia | |
| illative | gnosikseen | gnosiksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gnosis | gnosikset | |
| accusative | nom. | gnosis | gnosikset |
| gen. | gnosiksen | ||
| genitive | gnosiksen | gnosisten gnosiksien | |
| partitive | gnosista | gnosiksia | |
| inessive | gnosiksessa | gnosiksissa | |
| elative | gnosiksesta | gnosiksista | |
| illative | gnosikseen | gnosiksiin | |
| adessive | gnosiksella | gnosiksilla | |
| ablative | gnosikselta | gnosiksilta | |
| allative | gnosikselle | gnosiksille | |
| essive | gnosiksena | gnosiksina | |
| translative | gnosikseksi | gnosiksiksi | |
| instructive | — | gnosiksin | |
| abessive | gnosiksetta | gnosiksitta | |
| comitative | — | gnosiksineen | |
| Possessive forms of gnosis (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | gnosikseni | gnosiksemme |
| 2nd person | gnosiksesi | gnosiksenne |
| 3rd person | gnosiksensa | |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnosis/ [ˈno.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: gno‧sis
Related terms
Further reading
- “gnosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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