Σάββας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsab.bas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsav.vas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.vas/
Proper noun
Σάββᾱς • (Sábbās) m (genitive Σάββου); first declension
- a male given name from Aramaic
Declension
Descendants
- Greek: Σάββας (Sávvas)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Сава (Sava)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Sȃva
- → Ukrainian: Са́ва (Sáva)
Further reading
- Σάββας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Σάββας”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), from Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Σάββας • (Sávvas) m
- a male given name from Aramaic
- A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 5 December.