αἰγιαλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Most likely from ἀΐσσω (aḯssō, “to move violently”) and ἅλς (háls, “sea”). Connections can also be made with αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡi.aˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ʝi.aˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/
Noun
αἰγῐᾰλός • (aigialós) m (genitive αἰγῐᾰλοῦ); second declension
- beach, shore
- Synonym: ἠϊών (ēïṓn)
Declension
Second declension of ὁ αἰγῐᾰλός; τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ αἰγῐᾰλός ho aigialós | τὼ αἰγῐᾰλώ tṑ aigialṓ | οἱ αἰγῐᾰλοί hoi aigialoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοῦ toû aigialoû | τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοῖν toîn aigialoîn | τῶν αἰγῐᾰλῶν tôn aigialôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αἰγῐᾰλῷ tôi aigialôi | τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοῖν toîn aigialoîn | τοῖς αἰγῐᾰλοῖς toîs aigialoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν αἰγῐᾰλόν tòn aigialón | τὼ αἰγῐᾰλώ tṑ aigialṓ | τοὺς αἰγῐᾰλούς toùs aigialoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰγῐᾰλέ aigialé | αἰγῐᾰλώ aigialṓ | αἰγῐᾰλοί aigialoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ (aigialophúlax)
Descendants
- Greek: αιγιαλός (aigialós), γιαλός (gialós)
- → Ottoman Turkish: یالی (yalı) (see there for further descendants)
- Mariupol Greek: яло́ (jaló)
- → Proto-Albanian: *aigjala
- Albanian: zall
- → Dalmatian:
- → Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: ìgalo
Further reading
- “αἰγιαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰγιαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰγιαλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰγιαλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G123 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible