σκιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skéh₂-ih₂ ~ *skh₂-yéh₂-s (“shadow”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῐᾱ́ • (skiā́) f (genitive σκῐᾶς); first declension

  1. shadow
  2. shade (shelter from the sun)
  3. shade (spirit of someone dead)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκῐᾱ́; τῆς σκῐᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκῐᾱ́
hē skiā́		 τὼ σκῐᾱ́
tṑ skiā́		 αἱ σκῐαί
hai skiaí
Genitive τῆς σκῐᾶς
tês skiâs		 τοῖν σκῐαῖν
toîn skiaîn		 τῶν σκῐῶν
tôn skiôn
Dative τῇ σκῐᾷ
têi skiâi		 τοῖν σκῐαῖν
toîn skiaîn		 ταῖς σκῐαῖς
taîs skiaîs
Accusative τὴν σκῐᾱ́ν
tḕn skiā́n		 τὼ σκῐᾱ́
tṑ skiā́		 τᾱ̀ς σκῐᾱ́ς
tā̀s skiā́s
Vocative σκῐᾱ́
skiā́		 σκῐᾱ́
skiā́		 σκῐαί
skiaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading

Greek

Noun

σκιά • (skiá) f (plural σκιές)

  1. shadow (usual and figurative English uses)
    1. dark area cast by light source
      θέατρο σκιών (shadow theatre)
    2. black area
      Ο ύποπτος χάθηκε μέσα στις σκιές της νύχτας. (The suspect disappeared into the shadows of the night.)
    3. follower, person following another, tail
    4. shadow effects (in typography, etc)
      σκιά ματιών (eye shadow)
    5. faded, weakened person
      σκιά του παλιού του εαυτού (shadow of his former self)

Declension
declension of σκιά
singular plural
nominative σκιά • σκιές •
genitive σκιάς • σκιών •
accusative σκιά • σκιές •
vocative σκιά • σκιές •

Synonyms
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