Noun: ναῦς
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | nāûs |
| Dual | nêe |
| Plural | nêes; nâes |
Genitive
| Singular | νεώς; νᾱός |
| Dual | νεοῖν |
| Plural | νεῶν |
| Singular | neṓs; nāós |
| Dual | neoîn |
| Plural | neôn; nāôn |
Dative
| Singular | νηΐ; νᾱΐ |
| Dual | νεοῖν |
| Plural | ναυσί; ναυσίν; νᾱ́εσσι; νᾱ́εσσιν |
| Singular | nēḯ; tāî nāḯ |
| Dual | neoîn |
| Plural | nausí; nausín; nā́essi; nā́essin |
Accusative
| Singular | ναῦν; τᾱ̀ν ναῦν |
| Dual | νῆε |
| Plural | ναῦς |
| Singular | naûn; tā̀n naûn |
| Dual | nêe |
| Plural | naûs; nâăs |
Vocative
| Singular | ναῦ |
| Dual | νῆε |
| Plural | νῆες; νᾶες |
| Singular | naû; nāûs |
| Dual | nêe |
| Plural | nêes; nâes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ναῦς
ναῦς,
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *nā́us, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), cognate with Latin nāvis, Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”), नाव (nāva, “ship”). The earliest attested reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀙𐀄𐀈𐀗 (na-u-do-mo, “shipbuilders”). See: Latin Nouns '
nāvis'.
Verbs referencing "ναῦς"
English Nouns
navy, Latin Nouns
navis, Irish Nouns
nae, Latvian Nouns
nāve, English Nouns
nauscopy, English Nouns
nauropometer.
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