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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sm-ih₂, zero grade of *sḗm.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mí.a/ → /ˈmi.a/ → /ˈmi.a/
Numeral
μίᾰ • (mía)
- feminine nominative singular of εἷς (heîs)
References
Further reading
- “μία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μία in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3391 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.a/ (compare to μια)
- Hyphenation: μί‧α
Article
μία • (mía)
- (indefinite) Nominative and accusative form of ένας (énas, “a, an”).
Numeral
μία • (mía) f
- (cardinal numbers) Nominative and accusative form of ένας (énas, “one”).
Declension
The numeral one
gender
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m
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f
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n
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nominative
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ένας
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μια, μία1
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ένα
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genitive
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ενός
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μιας, μίας 1
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ενός
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accusative
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ένα, έναν2
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μια, μία1, μιαν2, μίαν1+2
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ένα
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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.
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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!
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