Μαρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Μαριᾱ́μ (Mariā́m)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מרים (maryam).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ • (Mărĭ́ā) f (genitive Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

Mary, Maria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ hē Mărĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰρῐ́ᾱς tês Mărĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Μᾰρῐ́ᾳ tēî Mărĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Mărĭ́ān
Vocative	Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ Mărĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Μαρία (María)

Borrowings

→ Georgian: მარიამ (mariam)
→ Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 (marja), 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰 (maria), 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌼 (mariam) — in the Gospel of Luke
→ Latin: Maria (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: Մարիամ (Mariam)
- Armenian: Մարիամ (Mariam)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Маріа (Maria)
- → Belarusian: Марыя (Maryja)
- → Bulgarian: Мария (Marija)
- → Macedonian: Марија (Marija)
- → Polish: Maria, Maryja, Marya
- → Russian: Мария (Marija), Марья (Marʹja)
  - Erzya: Марё (Maŕo)
  - Yakut: Маарыйа (Maarıya)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Марија / Marija
- → Slovak: Mária
- → Slovene: Marija
- → Ukrainian: Марія (Marija)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G3137 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek Μαρία (María)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈri.a/
Hyphenation: Μα‧ρί‧α

Proper noun

Μαρία • (María) f

Mary (Biblical character)
a female given name, equivalent to English Mary or Maria

Declension

Declension of **Μαρία**
	singular
nominative	Μαρία (María)
genitive	Μαρίας (Marías)
accusative	Μαρία (María)
vocative	Μαρία (María)

Related terms

Μαράκι (Maráki) (diminutive)