-ια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Like -ίᾱ (-íā), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂. Cognate with Latin -ia.
After a consonant, the vowel *i changed to a semivowel *y and triggered palatalization in Proto-Greek, resulting in many nouns and adjectives ending in -σσᾰ (-ssa), -ττᾰ (-tta), -ζᾰ (-za), -ιρᾰ (-ira), and -ινᾰ (-ina).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.a/
Suffix
-ῐᾰ • (-ia) f (genitive -ῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Primitive suffix added to the stems of adjectives in -ύς (-ús) and some nouns to form feminine gender
- Suffix added to the stems of adjectives in -ής (-ḗs) to form abstract nouns
Usage notes
Nouns formed with the suffix always have recessive accent.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ῐᾱς -iās |
-ῐαιν -iain |
-ῐῶν -iôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ῐᾳ -iāi |
-ῐαιν -iain |
-ῐαις -iais | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ῐᾰν -ian |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐᾱς -iās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ῐης -iēs |
-ῐαιν / -ῐαιῐν / -ῐῃῐν -iai(i)n / -iēiin |
-ῐᾱ́ων / -ῐέ͜ων / -ῐῶν -iā́ōn / -ié͜ōn / -iôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ῐῃ -iēi |
-ῐαιν / -ῐαιῐν / -ῐῃῐν -iai(i)n / -iēiin |
-ῐῃσῐ / -ῐῃσῐν / -ῐῃς / -ῐαις -iēisi(n) / -iēis / -iais | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ῐᾰν -ian |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐᾱς -iās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Genitive | -ῐης -iēs |
-ῐαιν -iain |
-ῐέων / -ῐῶν -iéōn / -iôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -ῐῃ -iēi |
-ῐαιν -iain |
-ῐῃσῐ / -ῐῃσῐν -iēisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | -ῐᾰν -ian |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐᾱς -iās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -ῐᾰ -ia |
-ῐᾱ -iā |
-ῐαι -iai | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
- -εια (-eia)
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek unaccented terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine suffixes