стихія

Inherited from Old East Slavic стихия (stixija), from Old Church Slavonic стѵхии (stüxii) (feminine form стѵхиꙗ (stüxija)), from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon).^[1] Compare Russian стихи́я (stixíja), Belarusian стыхі́я (styxíja).

• IPA^(key): [steˈxʲijɐ]

стихі́я • (styxíja) f inan (genitive стихі́ї, nominative plural стихі́ї, genitive plural стихі́й, relational adjective стихі́йний)

1. (alchemy, philosophy) element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
   1. (by extension, literary) element (essential part or principle)
2. elemental force of nature, elements
3. elemental social force
4. element (a group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic, especially acting without control or organization)
5. (figuratively) element (a place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to)

• елеме́нт m (elemént)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “стихія”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “стихія”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “стихія”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “стихія”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “стихія”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “стихія”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)