μᾶζα
See also: μάζα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μαγῆμαι (magêmai) + -ια (-ia), the former component from μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mâːz.da/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.za/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.za/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.za/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.za/
Noun
[edit]μᾶζᾰ • (mâza) f (genitive μᾱ́ζης); first declension
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾶζᾰ hē mâza |
τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ tṑ mā́zā |
αἱ μᾶζαι hai mâzai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾱ́ζης tês mā́zēs |
τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν toîn mā́zain |
τῶν μᾱζῶν tôn māzôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾱ́ζῃ têi mā́zēi |
τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν toîn mā́zain |
ταῖς μᾱ́ζαις taîs mā́zais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾶζᾰν tḕn mâzan |
τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ tṑ mā́zā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾱ́ζᾱς tā̀s mā́zās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾶζᾰ mâza |
μᾱ́ζᾱ mā́zā |
μᾶζαι mâzai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Greek: μάζα (máza)
- → Abkhaz: амажәа (amaẑʷa), амаҙәа (amaźʷa) — Bzyb
- → Mingrelian: მაზვა (mazva)
- → Abaza: мажва (mažʷa)
- → Adyghe: мэджа (mɛdža)
- → Kabardian: мэжа (mɛža)
- → Latin: massa (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μᾶζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 890
Further reading
[edit]- “μᾶζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μᾶζα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μᾶζα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.