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

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lós/ → /ɛ.ʝi.aˈlos/ → /e.ʝi.aˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡi.aˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʝi.aˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/

Noun

αἰγῐᾰλός • (aigialós) m (genitive αἰγῐᾰλοῦ); second declension

1. beach, shore

   Synonym: ἠϊών (ēïṓn)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ αἰγῐᾰλός; τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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