Συρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Συρίη (Suríē)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/ → /syˈri.a/ → /siˈri.a/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.rí.aː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈri.a/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈri.a/

Etymology

Derived from or cognate to Ἀσσυρίᾱ (Assuríā), itself from Akkadian 𒀭𒊬 (Aššur).

Proper noun

Συρίᾱ • (Suríā) f (genitive Συρίας); first declension

1. Syria

Inflection

First declension of Σῠρῐ́ᾱ, Σῠρῐ́ᾱς

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῠρῐ́ᾱ
Genitive	τῆς Σῠρῐ́ᾱς
Dative	τῇ Σῠρῐ́ᾳ
Accusative	τὴν Σῠρῐ́ᾱν
Vocative	Σῠρῐ́ᾱ

Derived terms

• Σύρα (Súra)
• συρία (suría)
• Συριάρχης (Suriárkhēs)
• Συριαρχία (Suriarkhía)
• Σύρος (Súros)
• Σύριος (Súrios)
• Συριακός (Suriakós)
• Συριστί (Suristí)

Descendants

• Arabic: سوريا (Sūriyā), سورية (Sūriyyä)
• Greek: Συρία (Syría)
• Hebrew: סוריה (Surya)
• Latin: Syria
• Turkish: Suriye

References

• Συρία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• “G4947”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• NA27

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Greek

Proper noun

Συρία • (Syría) f

1. Syria