νῆττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νᾶσσα (nâssa) — Boeotian
• νῆσσα (nêssa) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nāťťa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̂ːt.ta/ → /ˈnit.ta/ → /ˈni.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛ̂ːt.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne̝t.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnit.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnit.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ta/

Noun

νῆττᾰ • (nêtta) f (genitive νήττης); first declension

1. a duck

Declension

First declension of ἡ νῆττᾰ; τῆς νήττης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῆττᾰ hē nêtta	τὼ νήττᾱ tṑ nḗttā	αἱ νῆτται hai nêttai
Genitive	τῆς νήττης tês nḗttēs	τοῖν νήτταιν toîn nḗttain	τῶν νηττῶν tôn nēttôn
Dative	τῇ νήττῃ têi nḗttēi	τοῖν νήτταιν toîn nḗttain	ταῖς νήτταις taîs nḗttais
Accusative	τὴν νῆττᾰν tḕn nêttan	τὼ νήττᾱ tṑ nḗttā	τᾱ̀ς νήττᾱς tā̀s nḗttās
Vocative	νῆττᾰ nêtta	νήττᾱ nḗttā	νῆτται nêttai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νηττάριον (nēttárion)
• νηττίον (nēttíon)
• νηττοφόνος (nēttophónos)
• νηττοφύλαξ (nēttophúlax)

Descendants

• Translingual: Netta

References

• “νῆττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νῆττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νῆττα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • duck idem, page 255.