νιφάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῐ́ψ (nĭ́ps, “snow”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νῐφᾰ́ς • (nĭphắs) f (genitive νῐφᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) snowflake
    1. (sometimes figurative) shower, sleet
    2. (collectively) snowstorm

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς; τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς
hē nĭphắs 		τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε
tṑ nĭphắde 		αἱ νῐφᾰ́δες
hai nĭphắdes
Genitive τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος
tês nĭphắdos 		τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν
toîn nĭphắdoin 		τῶν νῐφᾰ́δων
tôn nĭphắdōn
Dative τῇ νῐφᾰ́δῐ
tēî nĭphắdĭ 		τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν
toîn nĭphắdoin 		ταῖς νῐφᾰ́σῐ / νῐφᾰ́σῐν
taîs nĭphắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν νῐφᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn nĭphắdă 		τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε
tṑ nĭphắde 		τᾱ̀ς νῐφᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s nĭphắdăs
Vocative νῐφᾰ́ς
nĭphắs 		νῐφᾰ́δε
nĭphắde 		νῐφᾰ́δες
nĭphắdes
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.

Descendants

  • Greek: νιφάδα (nifáda)

Further reading

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