σιγή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *σϝίγ- (*swíg-), probably of imitative origin. Has been connected to Proto-West Germanic *swīgā (“silence”) (whence German schweigen (“to keep quiet”)); however, the Germanic term would reflect a Proto-Indo-European *sweygʰ-, which would yield Greek *εἱχ- (*heikh-), making inheritance from basic sound laws impossible.[1] Probably not related to σιωπή (siōpḗ, “silence”), despite the resemblance.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῑγή • (sīgḗ) f (genitive σῑγῆς); first declension

  1. silence
  2. undertone, whisper

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῑγή; τῆς σῑγῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῑγή
hē sīgḗ 		τὼ σῑγᾱ́
tṑ sīgā́ 		αἱ σῑγαί
hai sīgaí
Genitive τῆς σῑγῆς
tês sīgês 		τοῖν σῑγαῖν
toîn sīgaîn 		τῶν σῑγῶν
tôn sīgôn
Dative τῇ σῑγῇ
tēî sīgēî 		τοῖν σῑγαῖν
toîn sīgaîn 		ταῖς σῑγαῖς
taîs sīgaîs
Accusative τὴν σῑγήν
tḕn sīgḗn 		τὼ σῑγᾱ́
tṑ sīgā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σῑγᾱ́ς
tā̀s sīgā́s
Vocative σῑγή
sīgḗ 		σῑγᾱ́
sīgā́ 		σῑγαί
sīgaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σῖγος (sîgos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῑγα (> DER > σιγή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1327

Further reading

Greek

Noun

σιγή • (sigí) f (usually uncountable, plural σιγές)

  1. silence, quiet

Declension

Declension of σιγή
singular plural
nominative σιγή (sigí) σιγές (sigés)
genitive σιγής (sigís) σιγών (sigón)
accusative σιγή (sigí) σιγές (sigés)
vocative σιγή (sigí) σιγές (sigés)
  • ασίγαστος (asígastos, “unsilenceable”, adjective)
  • ασίγητος (asígitos, “unsilenceable, unsung”, adjective)
  • σιγά (sigá, “slowly, quietly”, adverb)
  • σιγαστήρας m (sigastíras, “silencer”)
  • σιγώ (sigó, “to remain silent”)

Further reading

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