Ἐρυθραία

See also: Ερυθραία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἐρῠθρᾱ́ (Eruthrā́, “the Red Sea”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰrǎi̯.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ryˈtʰrɛ.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθrɛ.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθre.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθre.a/

Proper noun

Ἐρῠθραίᾱ • (Eruthraíā) f (genitive Ἐρῠθραίᾱς); first declension

Erythraea; Erythrea; Eritrea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐρῠθραίᾱ; τῆς Ἐρῠθραίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῠθραίᾱ hē Eruthraíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῠθραίᾱς tês Eruthraíās
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῠθραίᾳ têi Eruthraíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῠθραίᾱν tḕn Eruthraíān
Vocative	Ἐρῠθραίᾱ Eruthraíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Most languages' forms of the name (including that of English) derive from the Italian form.

Arabic: إريتريا‎
Armenian: Էրիտրեա (Ēritrea)
Belarusian: Эрытрэя (Erytreja)
Bulgarian: Еритрея (Eritreja)
Franco-Provençal: Èritrê
French: Érythrée
Ge'ez: ኤርትራ (ʾertra) (Ērtrā)
Georgian: ერიტრეა (eriṭrea)
Greek: Ερυθραία (Erythraía)
Haitian Creole: Eritre
Hebrew: אריתריאה‎ (Eritrea)
Hindi: इरीट्रिया (irīṭriyā)
Irish: Eiritré
Italian: Eritrea
Japanese: エリトリア (Eritoria)
Kazakh: Еритрея (Erïtreya)
Korean: 에리트레아 (eriteurea)
Kurdish: Erîtrêya
Latin: Erythraea
Latvian: Eritreja
Lithuanian: Eritrėja
Macedonian: Еритреја (Eritreja)
Occitan: Eritrèa
Pashto: اېرېتېريا‎
Persian: اریتره‎
Polish: Erytrea
Portuguese: Eritreia
Romanian: Eritreea
Russian: Эритрея (Eritreja)
Serbo-Croatian: Еритреја, Eritreja
Slovene: Eritreja
Somali: Elitareeya
Thai: ประเทศเอริเทรีย
Turkish: Eritre
Ukrainian: Еритрея (Erytreja)

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