Σάββας
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsab.bas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsaβ.βas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsav.vas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.vas/
Proper noun
[edit]Σάββᾱς • (Sábbās) m (genitive Σάββου); first declension
- a male given name from Aramaic
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Greek: Σάββας (Sávvas)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Сава (Sava)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Sȃva
- → Ukrainian: Са́ва (Sáva)
Further reading
[edit]- Σάββας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Σάββας”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Koine Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), from Aramaic סָבָא (sāḇā, “old man, grandfather”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Σάββας • (Sávvas) m
- a male given name from Aramaic
- A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 5 December.
Declension
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- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek palindromes
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- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
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- Greek terms inherited from Koine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Koine Greek
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- Greek given names
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- Greek male given names from Aramaic
- Greek nouns declining like 'Αχιλλέας'