σμινύη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- σμῐνύας (sminúas)
Etymology edit
The word is generally considered to derive from Proto-Indo-European *smei- (“to carve, cut”), as could be σμίλη (smílē, “knife, wood-carving knife, scalpel, chisel”). Compare Lithuanian smailus (“sharp, acute”) and Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“carpenter, craftsman, smith”).[1] According to others, both words are of obscure etymology and thus could be Pre-Greek.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmi.ný.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zmiˈny.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zmiˈny.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zmiˈny.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zmiˈni.i/
Noun edit
σμῐνύη • (sminúē) f (genitive σμῐνύης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σμῐνύη hē sminúē |
τὼ σμῐνύᾱ tṑ sminúā |
αἱ σμῐνύαι hai sminúai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σμῐνύης tês sminúēs |
τοῖν σμῐνύαιν toîn sminúain |
τῶν σμῐνυῶν tôn sminuôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σμῐνύῃ têi sminúēi |
τοῖν σμῐνύαιν toîn sminúain |
ταῖς σμῐνύαις taîs sminúais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σμῐνύην tḕn sminúēn |
τὼ σμῐνύᾱ tṑ sminúā |
τᾱ̀ς σμῐνύᾱς tā̀s sminúās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σμῐνύη sminúē |
σμῐνύᾱ sminúā |
σμῐνύαι sminúai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- σμινύδιον (sminúdion)
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “smēi- : smɘi- : smi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σμῑ́λη, σμινύη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “σμινύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σμινύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σμινύη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette