Ἰλλυρία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἰλλῠρῐός (Illuriós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós.[1] Alternatively related to Proto-Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh (“water snake”), from older Albanian *hud-lós. See hyll.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.liˈri.a/
Proper noun
Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ • (Illuríā) f (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ hē Illuríā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς tês Illuríās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾳ têi Illuríāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Illuríān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ Illuríā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιλλυρία (Illyría)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
- ^ Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache. In: Museum für Urgeschichte Asparn a. d. Zaya (ed.): Die Illyrer. Archäologische Funde des 1. vorchristlichen Jahrtausends aus Albanien, pp. 92–117.