φάσσα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰás.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰas.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸas.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfas.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfa.sa/
Noun
φᾰ́σσᾰ • (phắssă) f (genitive φᾰ́σσης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φᾰ́σσᾰ hē phắssă |
τὼ φᾰ́σσᾱ tṑ phắssā |
αἱ φᾰ́σσαι hai phắssai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φᾰ́σσης tês phắssēs |
τοῖν φᾰ́σσαιν toîn phắssain |
τῶν φᾰσσῶν tôn phăssôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φᾰ́σσῃ tēî phắssēi |
τοῖν φᾰ́σσαιν toîn phắssain |
ταῖς φᾰ́σσαις taîs phắssais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φᾰ́σσᾰν tḕn phắssăn |
τὼ φᾰ́σσᾱ tṑ phắssā |
τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́σσᾱς tā̀s phắssās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́σσᾰ phắssă |
φᾰ́σσᾱ phắssā |
φᾰ́σσαι phắssai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φάσσιον (phássion)
- φασσοφόνος (phassophónos)
Related terms
- φάψ (pháps)
Descendants
- Greek: φάσσα (fássa)
- Neapolitan: fasë
Further reading
- “φάσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.sa/
- Hyphenation: φάσ‧σα
Noun
φάσσα • (fássa) f (plural φάσσες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φάσσα (fássa) | φάσσες (fásses) |
| genitive | φάσσας (fássas) | φασσών (fassón) |
| accusative | φάσσα (fássa) | φάσσες (fásses) |
| vocative | φάσσα (fássa) | φάσσες (fásses) |
Coordinate terms
- see: περιστέρι f (peristéri, “pigeon, dove”)
Related terms
- φασσοπερίστερο n (fassoperístero, “stock dove”)
Further reading
- φάσσα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- φάσσα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.