σκιά
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ski.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /skiˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sciˈa/
Noun edit
σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σκῐᾱ́ hē skiā́ |
τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ |
αἱ σκῐαί hai skiaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σκῐᾶς tês skiâs |
τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn |
τῶν σκῐῶν tôn skiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σκῐᾷ têi skiâi |
τοῖν σκῐαῖν toîn skiaîn |
ταῖς σκῐαῖς taîs skiaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν tḕn skiā́n |
τὼ σκῐᾱ́ tṑ skiā́ |
τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s skiā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ |
σκῐᾱ́ skiā́ |
σκῐαί skiaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἄσκιος (áskios)
- δολιχόσκιος (dolikhóskios)
- εὔσκιος (eúskios)
- σκιαγράφος (skiagráphos)
- σκιάζω (skiázō)
- σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía)
- σκιάς (skiás)
- σκιαυγέω (skiaugéō)
- σκιάω (skiáō)
- σκιόεις (skióeis)
Descendants edit
- Byzantine Greek: ἥσκιος (hḗskios)
- Greek: ίσκιος (ískios)
- → Greek: σκιά (skiá)
- Mariupol Greek: щадъ (śað)
- → English: scia-
- → French: scia-
- → Italian: scia-
Further reading edit
- “σκιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4639 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- ίσκιος (ískios)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá); Doublet of ίσκιος (ískios).
Noun edit
σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)
- (figurative, literal) shadow, shade
- dark area cast by light source
- θέατρο σκιών ― théatro skión ― shadow theatre
- black area
- Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. ― O ýpoptos cháthike mésa stis skiés tis nýchtas. ― The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.
- follower, person following another, tail
- shadow effects (in typography, etc)
- σκιά ματιών ― skiá matión ― eye shadow
- faded, weakened person
- σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού ― skiá tou palioú tou eaftoú ― shadow of his former self
- dark area cast by light source
- (Kaliarda) secret gay life, double life
Declension edit
declension of σκιά
Related terms edit
- απόσκιο n (apóskio, “shade”)
- απόσκιος (apóskios, “shady”, adjective)
- ασκίαστος (askíastos, “unshaded”, adjective)
- σκιά ματιών f (skiá matión, “eye shadow”)
- σκιερός (skierós, “shady”, adjective)
Further reading edit
- σκιά on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el