νιφάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίφα (nípha, “snow”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νῐφᾰ́ς • (niphás) f (genitive νῐφᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. (mostly in the plural) snowflake
  2. (collectively) snowstorm
  3. (in general) shower, sleet

Declension
Third declension of ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς; τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς
hē niphás		 τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε
tṑ nipháde		 αἱ νῐφᾰ́δες
hai niphádes
Genitive τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος
tês niphádos		 τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν
toîn niphádoin		 τῶν νῐφᾰ́δων
tôn niphádōn
Dative τῇ νῐφᾰ́δῐ
têi niphádi		 τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν
toîn niphádoin		 ταῖς νῐφᾰ́σῐ / νῐφᾰ́σῐν
taîs niphási(n)
Accusative τὴν νῐφᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn nipháda		 τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε
tṑ nipháde		 τᾱ̀ς νῐφᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s niphádas
Vocative νῐφᾰ́ς
niphás		 νῐφᾰ́δε
nipháde		 νῐφᾰ́δες
niphádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: νιφάδα (nifáda)

Further reading
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