νιφάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίφα (nípha, “snow”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ni.pʰás/ → /niˈɸas/ → /niˈfas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ni.pʰás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈpʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈɸas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈfas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈfas/

Noun

νῐφᾰ́ς • (nĭphắs) f (genitive νῐφᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (mostly in the plural) snowflake
2. (collectively) snowstorm
3. (in general) shower, sleet

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς; τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς hē nĭphắs	τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε tṑ nĭphắde	αἱ νῐφᾰ́δες hai nĭphắdes
Genitive	τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος tês nĭphắdos	τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν toîn nĭphắdoin	τῶν νῐφᾰ́δων tôn nĭphắdōn
Dative	τῇ νῐφᾰ́δῐ têi nĭphắdĭ	τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν toîn nĭphắdoin	ταῖς νῐφᾰ́σῐ / νῐφᾰ́σῐν taîs nĭphắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν νῐφᾰ́δᾰ tḕn nĭphắdă	τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε tṑ nĭphắde	τᾱ̀ς νῐφᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s nĭphắdăs
Vocative	νῐφᾰ́ς nĭphắs	νῐφᾰ́δε nĭphắde	νῐφᾰ́δες nĭphắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: νιφάδα (nifáda)

Further reading

• “νιφάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νιφάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νιφάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νιφάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νιφάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963