σιγά
Ancient Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /siː.ɡǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈɡa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈɣa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈɣa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈɣa/
Noun edit
σῑγᾱ́ • (sīgā́) f (genitive σῑγᾱ́ς); first declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ᾱ̔ σῑγᾱ́ hā sīgā́ |
τὼ σῑγᾱ́ tṑ sīgā́ |
ταὶ σῑγαί taì sīgaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τᾶς σῑγᾶς tâs sīgâs |
τοῖν σῑγαῖν toîn sīgaîn |
τᾶν σῑγᾶν tân sīgân | ||||||||||
Dative | τᾷ σῑγᾷ tâi sīgâi |
τοῖν σῑγαῖν toîn sīgaîn |
ταῖς σῑγαῖς taîs sīgaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τᾱ̀ν σῑγᾱ́ν tā̀n sīgā́n |
τὼ σῑγᾱ́ tṑ sīgā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σῑγᾱ́ς tā̀s sīgā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῑγᾱ́ sīgā́ |
σῑγᾱ́ sīgā́ |
σῑγαί sīgaí | ||||||||||
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Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σιγῇ (sigêi).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
σιγά • (sigá)
- slowly
- quietly
- as if (used in phrases denoting irony in response to threats or to something deemed highly unlikely)
- Αυτός θα με δείρει; Σιγά, αυτός ούτε ένα παιδάκι δεν μπορεί να δείρει!
- Aftós tha me deírei? Sigá, aftós oúte éna paidáki den boreí na deírei!
- He'll beat me up? As if, he couldn't even beat a little child!
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- σιγά-σιγά (sigá-sigá, “carefully, gradually”)