Μάρθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/ → /ˈmar.θa/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/

Proper noun

Μάρθᾱ • (Márthā) f (genitive Μάρθᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name from Aramaic, typically translated as Martha

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μάρθᾱ; τῆς Μάρθᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μάρθᾱ hē Márthā
Genitive	τῆς Μάρθᾱς tês Márthās
Dative	τῇ Μάρθᾳ têi Márthāi
Accusative	τὴν Μάρθᾱν tḕn Márthān
Vocative	Μάρθᾱ Márthā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μάρθα (Mártha)
• → Georgian: მართა (marta)
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰 (marþa)
• → Latin: Martha (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Марѳа (Marθa)
  • → Bulgarian: Марта (Marta)
  • → Macedonian: Марта (Marta)
  • → Russian: Марфа (Marfa), Ма́рѳа (Márfa) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    • → Estonian: Marve
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Марта

    Latin script: Marta

  • → Ukrainian: Марта (Marta)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3136 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible