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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Like -ια (-ia), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. Cognate with Latin -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /í.aː/ → /ˈi.a/ → /ˈi.a/
Suffix
-ῐ́ᾱ • (-íā) f (genitive -ῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Usage notes
When this suffix is appended to verbal adjectives in -τός (-tós) or other stems in τ, the τ palatalizes to σ.
Example: ἄκρατος > ἀκρασία
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6
Greek
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ία • (-ía) f
- added to an adjective to create a noun denoting a country:
- Γάλλος (Gállos, “French”) + -ία (-ía) → Γαλλία (Gallía, “France”)
- Τούρκος (Toúrkos, “Turk”) + -ία (-ía) → Τουρκία (Tourkía, “Turkey”)
- Άγγλος (Ánglos, “English”) + -ία (-ía) → Αγγλία (Anglía, “England”)
Declension
Declension of -ία
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-ία •
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-ίες •
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| genitive
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-ίας •
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-ιών •
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| accusative
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-ία •
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-ίες •
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| vocative
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-ία •
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-ίες •
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