ὕφασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑφάζω (hupházō, “to weave”) +‎ -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”), the former from ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) +‎ -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō, “verbal suffix”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pʰaz.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pʰaz.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ɸaz.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.faz.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.faz.ma/

Noun

ὕφασμᾰ • (húphasmă) n (genitive ὑφάσμᾰτος); third declension

woven robe, web

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὕφασμᾰ; τοῦ ὑφάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὕφασμᾰ tò húphasmă	τὼ ὑφάσμᾰτε tṑ huphásmăte	τᾰ̀ ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ tằ huphásmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ὑφάσμᾰτος toû huphásmătos	τοῖν ὑφασμᾰ́τοιν toîn huphasmắtoin	τῶν ὑφασμᾰ́των tôn huphasmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ὑφάσμᾰτῐ tōî huphásmătĭ	τοῖν ὑφασμᾰ́τοιν toîn huphasmắtoin	τοῖς ὑφάσμᾰσῐ / ὑφάσμᾰσῐν toîs huphásmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὕφασμᾰ tò húphasmă	τὼ ὑφάσμᾰτε tṑ huphásmăte	τᾰ̀ ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ tằ huphásmătă
Vocative	ὕφασμᾰ húphasmă	ὑφάσμᾰτε huphásmăte	ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ huphásmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ύφασμα (ýfasma)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑφαίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1540