σμινύη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σμῐνύας (sminúas)

Etymology

The word is generally considered to derive from Proto-Indo-European *smei- (“to carve, cut”), as could be σμίλη (smílē, “knife, wood-carving knife, scalpel, chisel”). Compare Lithuanian smailus (“sharp, acute”) and Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“carpenter, craftsman, smith”).[1] According to others, both words are of obscure etymology and thus could be Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmi.ný.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zmiˈny.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zmiˈny.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zmiˈny.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zmiˈni.i/

Noun

σμῐνύη • (sminúē) f (genitive σμῐνύης); first declension

two-pronged mattock

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σμῐνύη; τῆς σμῐνύης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σμῐνύη hē sminúē	τὼ σμῐνύᾱ tṑ sminúā	αἱ σμῐνύαι hai sminúai
Genitive	τῆς σμῐνύης tês sminúēs	τοῖν σμῐνύαιν toîn sminúain	τῶν σμῐνυῶν tôn sminuôn
Dative	τῇ σμῐνύῃ têi sminúēi	τοῖν σμῐνύαιν toîn sminúain	ταῖς σμῐνύαις taîs sminúais
Accusative	τὴν σμῐνύην tḕn sminúēn	τὼ σμῐνύᾱ tṑ sminúā	τᾱ̀ς σμῐνύᾱς tā̀s sminúās
Vocative	σμῐνύη sminúē	σμῐνύᾱ sminúā	σμῐνύαι sminúai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σμινύδιον (sminúdion)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “smēi- : smɘi- : smi-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 968
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σμῑ́λη, σμινύη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN