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

 

Noun

βύᾱς • (búās) m (genitive βύου); first declension

  1. eagle owl

Inflection

First declension of ὁ βύᾱς; τοῦ βύου (Attic)
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
tōî 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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