νῆττα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nāťťa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νῆττᾰ • (nêttă) f (genitive νήττης); first declension

  1. a duck

Declension

First declension of ἡ νῆττᾰ; τῆς νήττης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νῆττᾰ
hē nêttă 		τὼ νήττᾱ
tṑ nḗttā 		αἱ νῆτται
hai nêttai
Genitive τῆς νήττης
tês nḗttēs 		τοῖν νήτταιν
toîn nḗttain 		τῶν νηττῶν
tôn nēttôn
Dative τῇ νήττῃ
tēî nḗttēi 		τοῖν νήτταιν
toîn nḗttain 		ταῖς νήτταις
taîs nḗttais
Accusative τὴν νῆττᾰν
tḕn nêttăn 		τὼ νήττᾱ
tṑ nḗttā 		τᾱ̀ς νήττᾱς
tā̀s nḗttās
Vocative νῆττᾰ
nêttă 		νήττᾱ
nḗttā 		νῆτται
nêttai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • νηττάριον (nēttárion)
  • νηττίον (nēttíon)
  • νηττοφόνος (nēttophónos)
  • νηττοφύλαξ (nēttophúlax)

Descendants

  • Translingual: Netta

References

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