βύας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, compare Latin būbō, Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բու (bu), Persian بوم (bum), Arabic بُوم (būm), Classical Syriac ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwāʾ) and Caucasian languages such as Old Georgian ბუვი (buvi), Chechen бухӏа (buha), and Aghul бу́гьу (búhu).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈby.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβy.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvy.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.as/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βύᾱς ho búās |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
οἱ βύαι hoi búai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βύου toû búou |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τῶν βυῶν tôn buôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βύᾳ tôi búāi |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τοῖς βύαις toîs búais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βύᾱν tòn búān |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
τοὺς βύᾱς toùs búās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βύᾱ búā |
βύᾱ búā |
βύαι búai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βύας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βύας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βύας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
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