-ία

See also: -ια, -ιά, ἰά, ἴα, and Appendix:Variations of "ia"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like -ια (-ia), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. Cognate with Latin -ia.

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-ῐ́ᾱ • (-íā) f (genitive -ῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. 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

Inflection
First declension of -ῐ́ᾱ; -ῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -ῐ́ᾱ
-íā		 -ῐ́ᾱ
-íā		 -ῐ́αι
-íai
Genitive -ῐ́ᾱς
-íās		 -ῐ́αιν
-íain		 -ῐῶν
-iôn
Dative -ῐ́ᾳ
-íāi		 -ῐ́αιν
-íain		 -ῐ́αις
-íais
Accusative -ῐ́ᾱν
-íān		 -ῐ́ᾱ
-íā		 -ῐ́ᾱς
-íās
Vocative -ῐ́ᾱ
-íā		 -ῐ́ᾱ
-íā		 -ῐ́αι
-íai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία

Descendants
  • English: -ia
  • French: -ie

References

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈia/

Suffix

-ία • (-ía) f

  1. 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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -ία • -ίες •
genitive -ίας • -ιών •
accusative -ία • -ίες •
vocative -ία • -ίες •
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