συλλαβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “bring together”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/ → /syl.laˈβi/ → /si.laˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈbe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.laˈvi/

Noun

σῠλλᾰβή • (sullabḗ) f (genitive σῠλλᾰβῆς); first declension

1. conception, pregnancy
2. that which holds together, i.e. a girdle
   1. that which is held together
   2. (grammar) several letters combined, syllable
3. (music) the chord called the fourth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠλλᾰβή; τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠλλᾰβή hē sullabḗ	τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ tṑ sullabā́	αἱ σῠλλᾰβαί hai sullabaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς tês sullabês	τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν toîn sullabaîn	τῶν σῠλλᾰβῶν tôn sullabôn
Dative	τῇ σῠλλᾰβῇ têi sullabêi	τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν toîn sullabaîn	ταῖς σῠλλᾰβαῖς taîs sullabaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠλλᾰβήν tḕn sullabḗn	τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ tṑ sullabā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s sullabā́s
Vocative	σῠλλᾰβή sullabḗ	σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ sullabā́	σῠλλᾰβαί sullabaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος (oligosúllabos)

Descendants

• Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)

Further reading

• “συλλαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συλλαβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • syllable idem, page 850.

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Noun

συλλαβή • (syllaví) f (plural συλλαβές)

1. (grammar, linguistics) syllable

Declension

Declension of συλλαβή

	singular	plural
nominative	συλλαβή •	συλλαβές •
genitive	συλλαβής •	συλλαβών •
accusative	συλλαβή •	συλλαβές •
vocative	συλλαβή •	συλλαβές •

See also

• λήγουσα f (lígousa, “last syllable of a word”)
• παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultimate syllable in word”)
• προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultimate syllable in word”)