Σάββας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/ → /ˈsa.vas/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsab.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsav.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vas/

Proper noun

Σάββᾱς • (Sábbās) m (genitive Σάββου); first declension

1. a male given name from Aramaic
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 64

Declension

First declension of ὁ Σάββᾱς; τοῦ Σάββου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σάββᾱς ho Sábbās
Genitive	τοῦ Σάββου toû Sábbou
Dative	τῷ Σάββᾳ tôi Sábbāi
Accusative	τὸν Σάββᾱν tòn Sábbān
Vocative	Σάββᾱ Sábbā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σάββας (Sávvas)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Сава (Sava)
• → Russian: Са́вва (Sávva)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Sȃva
• → Ukrainian: Са́ва (Sáva)

Further reading

• Σάββας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Σάββας, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), from Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavas/
• Hyphenation: Σάβ‧βας

Proper noun

Σάββας • (Sávvas) m

1. a male given name from Aramaic
2. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 5 December.

Declension

Declension of Σάββας

	singular
nominative	Σάββας (Sávvas)
genitive	Σάββα (Sávva)
accusative	Σάββα (Sávva)
vocative	Σάββα (Sávva)