συλλαβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “bring together”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/ → /syl.laˈβi/ → /si.laˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /syl.la.bɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈbe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syl.laˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.laˈvi/

Noun

σῠλλᾰβή • (sŭllăbḗ) f (genitive σῠλλᾰβῆς); first declension

1. conception, pregnancy
2. that which holds together, i.e. a girdle
   1. that which is held together
   2. (grammar) several letters combined, syllable
3. (music) the chord called the fourth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠλλᾰβή; τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠλλᾰβή hē sŭllăbḗ	τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ tṑ sŭllăbā́	αἱ σῠλλᾰβαί hai sŭllăbaí
Genitive	τῆς σῠλλᾰβῆς tês sŭllăbês	τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν toîn sŭllăbaîn	τῶν σῠλλᾰβῶν tôn sŭllăbôn
Dative	τῇ σῠλλᾰβῇ têi sŭllăbêi	τοῖν σῠλλᾰβαῖν toîn sŭllăbaîn	ταῖς σῠλλᾰβαῖς taîs sŭllăbaîs
Accusative	τὴν σῠλλᾰβήν tḕn sŭllăbḗn	τὼ σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ tṑ sŭllăbā́	τᾱ̀ς σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s sŭllăbā́s
Vocative	σῠλλᾰβή sŭllăbḗ	σῠλλᾰβᾱ́ sŭllăbā́	σῠλλᾰβαί sŭllăbaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλῐγοσῠ́λλᾰβος (olĭgosŭ́llăbos)

Descendants

• Greek: συλλαβή (syllaví)
• → Latin: syllaba

Further reading

• “συλλαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• συλλαβή 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.
  • syllable idem, page 850.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).

Noun

συλλαβή • (syllaví) f (plural συλλαβές)

1. (grammar, linguistics) syllable

Declension

Declension of συλλαβή

	singular	plural
nominative	συλλαβή (syllaví)	συλλαβές (syllavés)
genitive	συλλαβής (syllavís)	συλλαβών (syllavón)
accusative	συλλαβή (syllaví)	συλλαβές (syllavés)
vocative	συλλαβή (syllaví)	συλλαβές (syllavés)

See also

• λήγουσα f (lígousa, “last syllable of a word”)
• παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultimate syllable in word”)
• προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultimate syllable in word”)

Further reading

• συλλαβή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el