Σκύθης

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Skuδi. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (s-ku-u-d-r /⁠Skudra⁠/).

Σκῠ́θης • (Skŭ́thēs) m (genitive Σκῠ́θου); first declension

an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian
- 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1:
  Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
  Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
  Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.

First declension of ὁ Σκῠ́θης; τοῦ Σκῠ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Σκῠ́θης ho Skŭ́thēs	τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skŭ́thā	οἱ Σκῠ́θαι hoi Skŭ́thai
Genitive	τοῦ Σκῠ́θου toû Skŭ́thou	τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skŭ́thain	τῶν Σκῠθῶν tôn Skŭthôn
Dative	τῷ Σκῠ́θῃ tōî Skŭ́thēi	τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν toîn Skŭ́thain	τοῖς Σκῠ́θαις toîs Skŭ́thais
Accusative	τὸν Σκῠ́θην tòn Skŭ́thēn	τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ tṑ Skŭ́thā	τοὺς Σκῠ́θᾱς toùs Skŭ́thās
Vocative	Σκῠ́θᾰ Skŭ́thă	Σκῠ́θᾱ Skŭ́thā	Σκῠ́θαι Skŭ́thai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: Σκύθης (Skýthis) (plural Σκύθες (Skýthes))
→ Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐍅𐌸𐌿𐍃 (skwþus)
→ Latin: Scytha (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: սկիւթ (skiwtʻ)
- Armenian: սկյութ (skyutʻ)
→ Old Church Slavonic: скѵѳъ (sküθŭ)
- → Belarusian: скіф (skif)
- → Russian: скиф (skif)
- → Ukrainian: скіф (skif)