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 • (aigĭălós) 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 aigĭălós	τὼ αἰγῐᾰλώ tṑ aigĭălṓ	οἱ αἰγῐᾰλοί hoi aigĭăloí
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῐᾰλοῦ toû aigĭăloû	τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοῖν toîn aigĭăloîn	τῶν αἰγῐᾰλῶν tôn aigĭălôn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῐᾰλῷ tôi aigĭălôi	τοῖν αἰγῐᾰλοῖν toîn aigĭăloîn	τοῖς αἰγῐᾰλοῖς toîs aigĭăloîs
Accusative	τὸν αἰγῐᾰλόν tòn aigĭălón	τὼ αἰγῐᾰλώ tṑ aigĭălṓ	τοὺς αἰγῐᾰλούς toùs aigĭăloús
Vocative	αἰγῐᾰλέ aigĭălé	αἰγῐᾰλώ aigĭălṓ	αἰγῐᾰλοί aigĭăloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰγῐᾰλοφῠ́λᾰξ (aigĭălophŭ́lăx)

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