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-ια

See also: ἰά, ἴα, -ία, and -ιά

Ancient Greek

Suffix

-ιᾰ • ‎(-ia)

Primitive suffix added to the stems of adjectives in -ύς ‎(-ús) and some nouns to form feminine gender

ἡδύς ‎(hēdús, “sweet”, masculine) > ἡδεῖᾰ ‎(hēdeîa, “sweet”, feminine)

ἱερεύς ‎(hiereús, “priest”, masculine) > ἱέρειᾰ ‎(hiéreia, “priest”, feminine)
Suffix added to the stems of adjectives in -ής ‎(-ḗs) to form abstract nouns
ἀληθής ‎(alēthḗs, “true”), stem ἀληθεσ- > ἀλήθειᾰ ‎(alḗtheia, “truth”)

Usage notes

Nouns formed with the suffix always have recessive accent.

Inflection

First declension of -ιᾰ; -ίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ιᾰ	-ίᾱ	-ιαι
Genitive	-ίᾱς	-ίαιν	-ιῶν
Dative	-ίᾳ	-ίαιν	-ίαις
Accusative	-ιᾰν	-ίᾱ	-ίᾱς
Vocative	-ιᾰ	-ίᾱ	-ιαι
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of -ιᾰ; -ίᾱς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ιᾰ	-ίᾱ	-ιαι
Genitive	-ίᾱς	-ίαι(ῐ)ν or -ίῃῐν	-ιᾱ́ων / -ιέων / -ιῶν
Dative	-ίᾳ	-ίαι(ῐ)ν or -ίῃῐν	-ίῃσῐ / -ίῃς / -ίαις
Accusative	-ιᾰν	-ίᾱ	-ίᾱς
Vocative	-ιᾰ	-ίᾱ	-ιαι
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_words_suffixed_with_-%CE%B9%CE%B1'>Ancient Greek words suffixed with -ια</a>

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 859.6