Νίσιβις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Νέσιβις (Nésibis), Νάσιβις (Násibis)

Etymology

From Aramaic ܢܨܝܼܒܝܼܢ (nəṣīḇīn).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νίσιβῐς • (Nísibĭs) f (genitive Νισίβῐος or Νισίβεως or Νισίβῐδος); third declension

  1. Nisibis; Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νίσιβῐς; τῆς Νισίβῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νίσιβῐς
hē Nísibĭs
Genitive τῆς Νισίβῐος
tês Nisíbĭos
Dative τῇ Νισίβῑ
tēî Nisíbī
Accusative τὴν Νίσιβῐν
tḕn Nísibĭn
Vocative Νίσιβῐ
Nísibĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ἡ Νίσιβῐς; τῆς Νισίβεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νίσιβῐς
hē Nísibĭs
Genitive τῆς Νισίβεως
tês Nisíbeōs
Dative τῇ Νισίβει
tēî Nisíbei
Accusative τὴν Νίσιβῐν
tḕn Nísibĭn
Vocative Νίσιβῐ
Nísibĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ἡ Νίσιβῐς; τῆς Νισίβῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νίσιβῐς
hē Nísibĭs
Genitive τῆς Νισίβῐδος
tês Nisíbĭdos
Dative τῇ Νισίβῐδῐ
tēî Nisíbĭdĭ
Accusative τὴν Νισίβῐδᾰ
tḕn Nisíbĭdă
Vocative Νίσιβῐς
Nísibĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • Νισιβηνός (Nisibēnós), Νεσιβηνός (Nesibēnós), Νασιβηνός (Nasibēnós), Νισιβᾱνός (Nisibānós)
  • Νισιβίτης (Nisibítēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: Νίσιβις (Nísivis)
  • → Latin: Nisibis

References

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