ἆ

See also: ἀ, ἁ, ἅ, ἀ-, ά, ά-, α-, and -α

ἆ U+1F06, ἆ GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PSILI AND PERISPOMENI Composition: α [U+03B1] + ◌̓ [U+0313] + ◌͂ [U+0342] ← ἅ [U+1F05] Greek Extended ἇ → [U+1F07]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âː/ → /a/ → /a/

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

Interjection

ἆ • (â)

1. ah! (expressing pity, envy, contempt, etc.)

Derived terms

• ἄζω (ázō)

 

References

• “ἆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἆ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἆ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἆ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἆ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2