μία

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See also: μια, μιᾷ, and Appendix:Variations of "mia"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm-ih₂, zero grade of *sḗm.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

μίᾰ • (mía)

  1. feminine nominative singular of εἷς (heîs)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 950

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/ (compare to μια)
  • Hyphenation: μί‧α

Article

μία • (mía)

  1. (indefinite) Nominative and accusative form of ένας (énas, “a, an”).

Numeral

μία • (mía) f

  1. (cardinal numbers) Nominative and accusative form of ένας (énas, “one”).

Declension

The numeral one
gender m f n
nominative ένας μια,   μία1 ένα
genitive ενός μιας,   μίας 1   ενός  
accusative ένα,   έναν2 μια,   μία1,   μιαν2,   μίαν1+2 ένα
1. These are emphatic forms that stress singularity.
2. These forms are optional alternatives used before  
            vowels or the consonants: π, μπ, τ, ντ, κ, γγ, γκ.

Usage notes

  • The stressed form of μια (mia), which is used to emphasise number.
    Μία μπίρα; Θέλαμε δύο! ― Mía bíra? Thélame dýo! ― One beer? We wanted two!

See also

Wikious
Boobota
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