μία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sm-ih₂, zero grade of *sḗm.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mí.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/
Numeral
μίᾰ • (mía)
- feminine nominative singular of εἷς (heîs)
Further reading
- “μία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μία in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3391 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Alternative forms
- μια (mia)
Pronunciation
Article
μία • (mía)
- (indefinite) nominative feminine of ένας (énas), (a, an)
- (indefinite) accusative feminine of ένας (énas), (a, an)
Numeral
μία • (mía) f
- nominative feminine of ένας (énas), (one)
- accusative feminine of ένας (énas)
Declension
The numeral one
Usage notes
- The stressed form of μια (mia), which is used to emphasise number.
- Μία μπίρα; Θέλαμε δύο!
- One beer? We wanted two!
- Μία μπίρα; Θέλαμε δύο!
See also
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek non-lemma forms
- Ancient Greek numeral forms
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek non-lemma forms
- Greek article forms
- Greek lemmas
- Greek numerals
- Greek cardinal numbers
- Greek term pairs with different stresses