Κηφᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Aramaic כיפא (kēp̄ā, “rock”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κηφᾶς • (Kēphâs) m (genitive Κηφᾶ); first declension

  1. an eponym of St. Peter

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Κηφᾶς; τοῦ Κηφᾶ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κηφᾶς
ho Kēphâs
Genitive τοῦ Κηφᾶ
toû Kēphâ
Dative τῷ Κηφᾷ
tôi Kēphâi
Accusative τὸν Κηφᾶν
tòn Kēphân
Vocative Κηφᾶ
Kēphâ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: Cēphās (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: Кифа (Kifa)

References
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