Μάρθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.θa/

Proper noun

Μάρθᾱ • (Márthā) f (genitive Μάρθᾱς); first declension

a female given name from Aramaic, typically translated as Martha

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μάρθᾱ; τῆς Μάρθᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μάρθᾱ hē Márthā
Genitive	τῆς Μάρθᾱς tês Márthās
Dative	τῇ Μάρθᾳ tēî Márthāi
Accusative	τὴν Μάρθᾱν tḕn Márthān
Vocative	Μάρθᾱ Márthā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Μάρθα (Mártha)
→ Georgian: მართა (marta)
→ Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰 (marþa)
→ Latin: Martha (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Марѳа (Marθa)
- → Bulgarian: Марта (Marta)
- → Macedonian: Марта (Marta)
- → Russian: Марфа (Marfa), Ма́рѳа (Márfa) — pre-1918 spelling
  - → Estonian: Marve
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: Марта
  
  Latin script: Marta
- → Ukrainian: Марта (Marta)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G3136 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible