Μαρία

Μαρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μαριᾱ́μ (Mariā́m)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מרים‎ (maryam).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/ → /maˈri.a/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ • (Maríā) f (genitive Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. Mary, Maria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ hē Maríā
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς tês Maríās
Dative	τῇ Μᾰρῐ́ᾳ têi Maríāi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Maríān
Vocative	Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ Maríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαρία (María)

Borrowings

• → Georgian: მარიამ (mariam)
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 (marja), 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰 (maria), 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌼 (mariam)
• → Latin: Maria (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: Մարիամ (Mariam)
  • Armenian: Մարիամ (Mariam)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Маріа (Maria)
  • → Belarusian: Марыя (Maryja)
  • → Bulgarian: Мария (Marija)
  • → Macedonian: Марија (Marija)
  • → Polish: Maria, Maryja, Marya
  • → Russian: Мария (Marija), Марья (Marʹja)
    • Erzya: Марё (Marjo)
    • Yakut: Маарыйа (Maarıya)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Марија / Marija
  • → Slovak: Mária
  • → Slovene: Marija
  • → Ukrainian: Марія (Marija)

References

• 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
• G3137 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek Μαρία (María)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
• Hyphenation: Μα‧ρί‧α

Proper noun

Μαρία • (María) f

1. Mary (Biblical character)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary or Maria

Declension

  Μαρία

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	Μαρία •
genitive	Μαρίας •
accusative	Μαρία •
vocative	Μαρία •

Related terms

• Μαράκι (Maráki) (diminutive)