Μαρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μαριᾱ́μ (Mariā́m)

Etymology

Borrowing from Aramaic מרים (maryam).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/ → /maˈri.a/

• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ • (Maríā) f (genitive Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Mary, Maria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς
Dative	τῇ Μᾰρῐ́ᾳ
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰρῐ́ᾱν
Vocative	Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰 (Maria)
• Latin: Maria

References

• 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
• “G3137”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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Greek

Proper noun

Μαρία • (María) f

1. A female given name, the Greek equivalent of Mary, Maria