Σάϊς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Egyptian

(zꜣy, “Sais”), from earlier

(zꜣw), probably ultimately from the verb
(zꜣw, “to guard, to protect”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.is/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.is/

Proper noun

Σάϊς • (Sáïs) f (genitive Σάεως); third declension

Sais, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of Σάϊς, Σάεως

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σάϊς
Genitive	τῆς Σάεως
Dative	τῇ Σάει
Accusative	τὴν Σάϊν
Vocative	Σάϊ

Derived terms

Σαΐτης (Saḯtēs)
Σαϊτικός (Saïtikós)

Descendants

Greek: Σάις (Sáis)
Latin: Saïs

Further reading

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 420
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 182

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