Γαλιλαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew גָּלִיל (gālīl).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.liː.lǎi̯.aː/ → /ɣa.liˈlɛ.a/ → /ɣa.liˈle.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.liː.lǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.liˈlɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.liˈlɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.liˈle.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.liˈle.a/

Proper noun

Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ • (Galīlaíā) f (genitive Γᾰλῑλαίᾱς); first declension

1. Galilee.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ; τῆς Γᾰλῑλαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ hē Galīlaíā
Genitive	τῆς Γᾰλῑλαίᾱς tês Galīlaíās
Dative	τῇ Γᾰλῑλαίᾳ têi Galīlaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Γᾰλῑλαίᾱν tḕn Galīlaíān
Vocative	Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ Galīlaíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γᾰλῑλαῖος (Galīlaîos)

Descendants

• English: Galilee
• French: Galilée
• Greek: Γαλιλαία (Galilaía)
• Latin: Galīlaea
• Aghwan: 𐔲𐔰𐔾𐔼𐔾𐔴𐔰 (galilea)
• Old Armenian: Գալիլեա (Galilea)

References

• Γαλιλαία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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
• Γαλιλαία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1056 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible