Σάββας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/ → /ˈsa.vas/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsab.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsav.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vas/

Proper noun

Σάββᾱς • (Sábbās) m (genitive Σάββου); first declension

1. a male given name from Aramaic
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 64

Declension

First declension of ὁ Σάββᾱς; τοῦ Σάββου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σάββᾱς ho Sábbās
Genitive	τοῦ Σάββου toû Sábbou
Dative	τῷ Σάββᾳ tôi Sábbāi
Accusative	τὸν Σάββᾱν tòn Sábbān
Vocative	Σάββᾱ Sábbā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σάββας (Sávvas)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Сава (Sava)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Sȃva
• → Ukrainian: Са́ва (Sáva)

Further reading

• Σάββας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Σάββας”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), from Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsavas/
• Hyphenation: Σάβ‧βας

Proper noun

Σάββας • (Sávvas) m

1. a male given name from Aramaic
2. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 5 December.

Declension

  Σάββας

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Σάββας •
genitive	Σάββα •
accusative	Σάββα •
vocative	Σάββα •