Ῥᾶ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Rahā, cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁 (raŋhā) and Sanskrit रसा (Rasā́), both names of rivers, and probably from the same ultimate source as Sanskrit रस (rása, “liquid, fluid, wetness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Latin rōs (“dew, moisture”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ῥᾶ • (Rhâ) m sg (indeclinable)

the river Volga

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ῥᾶ; τοῦ Ῥᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῥᾶ ho Rhâ
Genitive	τοῦ Ῥᾶ toû Rhâ
Dative	τῷ Ῥᾶ tōî Rhâ
Accusative	τὸν Ῥᾶ tòn Rhâ
Vocative	Ῥᾶ Rhâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Rhā

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 158–159: “DEW”

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 158–159: “DEW”

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