μία

See also: μια, μιᾷ, and Appendix:Variations of "mia"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm-ih₂, zero grade of *sḗm.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mí.a/ → /ˈmi.a/ → /ˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mí.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/

Numeral

μίᾰ • (míă)

1. feminine nominative singular of εἷς (heîs)

Further reading

• “μία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μία in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G3391 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Alternative forms

• μια (mia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.a/ (compare to μια)
• Hyphenation: μί‧α

Article

μία • (mía)

1. (indefinite) nominative/accusative of ένας (énas, “a, an”)

Numeral

μία • (mía) f

1. (cardinal numbers) nominative/accusative of ένας (énas, “one”)

Declension

The numeral one

gender	m	f	n
nominative	ένας	μια,   μία1	ένα
genitive	ενός	μιας,   μίας 1	ενός
accusative	ένα,   έναν2	μια,   μία1,   μιαν2,   μίαν1+2	ένα
1. These are emphatic forms that stress singularity. 2. These forms are optional alternatives used before               vowels or the consonants: π, μπ, τ, ντ, κ, γγ, γκ.

Usage notes

• The stressed form of μια (mia), which is used to emphasise number.

  Μία μπίρα; Θέλαμε δύο! ― Mía bíra? Thélame dýo! ― One beer? We wanted two!

See also

• Greek number and measurement