σταῖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σταίς (staís)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a Proto-Indo-European *th₂eys- (“dough”), whence also Proto-Slavic *těsto (“dough”), Old Irish táis (“dough”), and Old English þǣsma (“leaven”), with an influence from στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σταῖς • (staîs) n (genitive σταιτός); third declension

  1. dough made of spelt flour
  2. dough (in general)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σταῖς; τοῦ σταιτός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σταῖς
tò staîs 		τὼ σταῖτε
tṑ staîte 		τᾰ̀ σταῖτᾰ
tằ staîtă
Genitive τοῦ σταιτός
toû staitós 		τοῖν σταιτοῖν
toîn staitoîn 		τῶν σταιτῶν
tôn staitôn
Dative τῷ σταιτῐ́
tōî staitĭ́ 		τοῖν σταιτοῖν
toîn staitoîn 		τοῖς σταισῐ́ / σταισῐ́ν
toîs staisĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸ σταῖς
tò staîs 		τὼ σταῖτε
tṑ staîte 		τᾰ̀ σταῖτᾰ
tằ staîtă
Vocative σταῖς
staîs 		σταῖτε
staîte 		σταῖτᾰ
staîtă
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

  • σταιτήϊα (staitḗïa)
  • σταίτινος (staítinos)
  • σταιτίον (staitíon)
  • σταιτίτας (staitítas)
  • σταιτώδης (staitṓdēs)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σταῖς, σταιτός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1389

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