σκιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ (“shadow”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκῐᾱ́ • (skĭā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension

  1. shadow
  2. shade (shelter from the sun)
  3. shade (spirit of someone dead)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκῐᾱ́
hē skĭā́ 		τὼ σκῐᾱ́
tṑ skĭā́ 		αἱ σκῐαί
hai skĭaí
Genitive τῆς σκῐᾶς
tês skĭâs 		τοῖν σκῐαῖν
toîn skĭaîn 		τῶν σκῐῶν
tôn skĭôn
Dative τῇ σκῐᾷ
tēî skĭāî 		τοῖν σκῐαῖν
toîn skĭaîn 		ταῖς σκῐαῖς
taîs skĭaîs
Accusative τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν
tḕn skĭā́n 		τὼ σκῐᾱ́
tṑ skĭā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς
tā̀s skĭā́s
Vocative σκῐᾱ́
skĭā́ 		σκῐᾱ́
skĭā́ 		σκῐαί
skĭaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἥσκιος (hḗskios)
  • → Greek: σκιά (skiá)
  • Mariupol Greek: щадъ (śað)
  • → English: scia-
  • → French: scia-
  • → Italian: scia-

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκιά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1350-1

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá); Doublet of ίσκιος (ískios).

Noun

σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)

  1. (figurative, literal) shadow, shade
    1. dark area cast by light source
      θέατρο σκιών ― théatro skión ― shadow theatre
    2. black area
      Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. ― O ýpoptos cháthike mésa stis skiés tis nýchtas. ― The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.
    3. follower, person following another, tail
    4. shadow effects (in typography, etc)
      σκιά ματιών ― skiá matión ― eye shadow
    5. faded, weakened person
      σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού ― skiá tou palioú tou eaftoú ― shadow of his former self
  2. (Kaliarda) secret gay life, double life

Declension

Declension of σκιά
singular plural
nominative σκιά (skiá) σκιές (skiés)
genitive σκιάς (skiás) σκιών (skión)
accusative σκιά (skiá) σκιές (skiés)
vocative σκιά (skiá) σκιές (skiés)

Further reading

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