-ια
See also: ἰά, ἴα, -ία, and -ιά
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
- ἡδῠ́ς (hēdús, “sweet”, masculine) + -ῐᾰ (-ia) → ἡδεῖᾰ (hēdeîa, feminine)
- ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”, masculine) + -ῐᾰ (-ia) → ἱέρειᾰ (hiéreia, feminine)
- Suffix added to the stems of adjectives in -ής (-ḗs) to form abstract nouns
- ᾰ̓ληθής (alēthḗs, “true”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia) → ᾰ̓λήθειᾰ (alḗtheia, “truth”)
Usage notes
Nouns formed with the suffix always have recessive accent.
Inflection
First declension of -ῐᾰ; -ῐᾱς (Attic)
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 | ||||||||||
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First declension of -ῐᾰ; -ῐης (Epic)
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 | ||||||||||
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First declension of -ῐᾰ; -ῐης (Ionic)
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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- -εια (-eia)
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References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6