σειρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σειρή (seirḗ) — Ionic
  • σηρᾱ́ (sērā́) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tseřřā́, from Proto-Indo-European *twerH-yeh₂- (“seizing”), from *twerH- (“to grab, seize, enclose”). The traditional connection to εἴρω (eírō, “to connect”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”), is semantically more appealing than the above, but fails to explain the initial σ- (s-).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σειρᾱ́ • (seirā́) f (genitive σειρᾶς); first declension

  1. cord, rope
  2. (Koine) chain

Declension

First declension of ἡ σειρᾱ́; τῆς σειρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σειρᾱ́
hē seirā́ 		τὼ σειρᾱ́
tṑ seirā́ 		αἱ σειραί
hai seiraí
Genitive τῆς σειρᾶς
tês seirâs 		τοῖν σειραῖν
toîn seiraîn 		τῶν σειρῶν
tôn seirôn
Dative τῇ σειρᾷ
tēî seirāî 		τοῖν σειραῖν
toîn seiraîn 		ταῖς σειραῖς
taîs seiraîs
Accusative τὴν σειρᾱ́ν
tḕn seirā́n 		τὼ σειρᾱ́
tṑ seirā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σειρᾱ́ς
tā̀s seirā́s
Vocative σειρᾱ́
seirā́ 		σειρᾱ́
seirā́ 		σειραί
seiraí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Seirococcus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σειρά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1316

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σειρά (seirá). The sense “TV series” is a semantic loan from French série or from English serial.

Noun

σειρά • (seirá) f (plural σειρές)

  1. class (military; persons subject to the same intake)
  2. line (of text)
  3. order (arrangement, disposition, sequence; the state of being well arranged)
    αλφαβητική σειρά ― alfavitikí seirá ― alphabetical order
  4. turn
    Είναι η σειρά μου να μιλήσω.
    Eínai i seirá mou na milíso.
    It's my turn to speak.
  5. series; serial; TV series
    Synonym: σήριαλ (sírial)

Declension

Declension of σειρά
singular plural
nominative σειρά (seirá) σειρές (seirés)
genitive σειράς (seirás) σειρών (seirón)
accusative σειρά (seirá) σειρές (seirés)
vocative σειρά (seirá) σειρές (seirés)

Descendants

Further reading

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