νίννη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same onomatopoeic origin of νόννος (nónnos, “father”), νάννας (nánnas, “uncle”) and νέννος (nénnos, “uncle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nín.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnin.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnin.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnin.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ni/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νῐ́ννη hē nínnē |
τὼ νῐ́ννᾱ tṑ nínnā |
αἱ νῐ́νναι hai nínnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νῐ́ννης tês nínnēs |
τοῖν νῐ́νναιν toîn nínnain |
τῶν νῐννῶν tôn ninnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νῐ́ννῃ têi nínnēi |
τοῖν νῐ́νναιν toîn nínnain |
ταῖς νῐ́νναις taîs nínnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νῐ́ννην tḕn nínnēn |
τὼ νῐ́ννᾱ tṑ nínnā |
τᾱ̀ς νῐ́ννᾱς tā̀s nínnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νῐ́ννη nínnē |
νῐ́ννᾱ nínnā |
νῐ́νναι nínnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νίννη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νίννη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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