Onomatopoeic, compare Latin būbō, Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բու (bu), Persian بوم (bum), Arabic بُوم (būm), Classical Syriac ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwāʾ) and Caucasian languages such as Old Georgian ბუვი (buvi), Chechen бухӏа (buha), and Aghul бу́гьу (búhu).
βύᾱς • (búās) m (genitive βύου); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ βύᾱς ho búās |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
οἱ βύαι hoi búai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βύου toû búou |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τῶν βυῶν tôn buôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βύᾳ tôi búāi |
τοῖν βύαιν toîn búain |
τοῖς βύαις toîs búais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βύᾱν tòn búān |
τὼ βύᾱ tṑ búā |
τοὺς βύᾱς toùs búās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βύᾱ búā |
βύᾱ búā |
βύαι búai | ||||||||||
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