User:Miconian/sandbox/greeknouns

First declension
The first declension or alpha declension is considered thematic, with long alpha (ᾱ) at the end of the stem, though it is derived from original athematic Indo-European forms. In Attic Greek, this changes to η everywhere except after ε, ι or ρ. The first declension includes mostly feminine nouns, but also a few masculine nouns, including agent nouns in -της, patronyms in -ίδης, and demonyms.

The first-declension genitive plural always takes a circumflex on the last syllable. In Homeric Greek the ending was -άων (ᾱ) or -έων (from quantitative metathesis of *-ηων). -έων was contracted to -ῶν in Attic.

Feminine short a-stem
Some nouns have short ᾰ in the nominative, vocative and accusative singular, but are otherwise identical to other feminine first-declension nouns. They are recessively accented.

Most nouns in this category were formed with the suffix (sometimes written ). The (representing the semivowel ) undergoes one of several sound changes with the consonant at the end of the stem:
 * >, Attic "tongue" (palatalization; compare γλωχῑν "point")
 * > "portion" (metathesis; compare )
 * > γέφῡρᾰ "bridge" (compensatory lengthening of υ after loss of ι̯)
 * PIE > Proto-Greek  >  > Attic Greek  "truth" (assimilation of  to ; compare  "something true")

I suggest a sortable table something like this. Click on Br to sort the table by the British order, and on Tr for the traditional (US) order. By the way I can't see any point in including all three of χώρᾱ, οἰκίᾱ, and θεά – they are all the same, apart from the accent. There are four 1st declension feminine forms, two with a long vowel (χώρᾱ and τιμή) and two with a short vowel (γέφυρᾰ and θάλασσᾰ). So these four should go on the table, together with the two masculine types (ναύτης and νεανίας). Kanjuzi (talk) 18:27, 14 August 2018 (UTC)