Ἄραψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.raps/ → /ˈa.raps/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.raps/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.raps/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.raps/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.raps/

Noun

Ἄρᾰψ • (Áraps) m or f (genitive Ἄρᾰβος); third declension (Koine)

1. Arab
2. Arabian

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰψ; τοῦ, τῆς Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰψ ho, hē Áraps	τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβε tṑ Árabe	οἱ, αἱ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβες hoi, hai Árabes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβος toû, tês Árabos	τοῖν Ᾰ̓ρᾰ́βοιν toîn Aráboin	τῶν Ᾰ̓ρᾰ́βων tôn Arábōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβῐ tôi, têi Árabi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓ρᾰ́βοιν toîn Aráboin	τοῖς, ταῖς Ᾰ̓́ρᾰψῐ / Ᾰ̓́ρᾰψῐν toîs, taîs Árapsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβᾰ tòn, tḕn Áraba	τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβε tṑ Árabe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβᾰς toùs, tā̀s Árabas
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ρᾰψ Áraps	Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβε Árabe	Ᾰ̓́ρᾰβες Árabes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀραβία (Arabía)

Descendants

• Greek: Άραβας (Áravas)
• → Latin: Arabs

References

• “Ἄραψ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Ἄραψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G690 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arabia idem, page 38.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002