Scythia

English

Approximate extent of Scythia in the first century BCE

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Scythia, from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪði.ə/, /ˈsɪθi.ə/

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Proper noun

Scythia

2. (historical) A geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.

   Alternative form: Scythica

Usage notes

Precise boundaries vary by author.

Derived terms

• Scytho-

Related terms

• Scythian
• Scyth

Translations

region of Central Eurasia

• Arabic: سَكِيثِيَا f (sakīṯiyā), سَقِيثِيَا f (saqīṯiyā), سِيثِيَا f (sīṯiyā), اسقوثيا (isqūṯiyā)
• Armenian: Սկյութիա (Skyutʻia)

  Old Armenian: Սկիւթիա (Skiwtʻia)

• Azerbaijani: Skifiya
• Belarusian: Скі́фія f (Skífija)
• Bulgarian: Ски́тия f (Skítija)
• Catalan: Escítia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯基提亞 / 斯基提亚 (Sījītíyà)

• Czech: Skythie f
• Danish: Skytien c
• Dutch: Scythië n
• French: Scythie (fr) f
• German: Skythien n
• Greek: Σκυθία (el) f (Skythía)

  Ancient Greek: Σκυθία f (Skuthía)

• Hindi: शकद्वीप m (śakadvīp)
• Hungarian: Szkítia
• Irish: an Scitia f
• Italian: Scizia f
• Kazakh: Скифия (Skiyfıya)
• Korean: 스키티아 (Seukitia)
• Kyrgyz: Скифия (Skifiya)
• Latin: Scitia, Scythia
• Norwegian: Skytia
• Odia: ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ (or) (śāka dwipa)
• Old Church Slavonic: Скиѳиꙗ f (Skiθija)
• Old English: Sciþþia m
• Persian: سکاستان (sakâstân)

  Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /⁠Saka⁠/)

• Polish: Scytia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cítia f
• Romanian: Sciția f
• Russian: Ски́фия (ru) f (Skífija)
• Sicilian: Scizzia
• Spanish: Escitia f
• Tajik: Сакостон (Sakoston)
• Turkish: İskitya
• Turkmen: Skifiýa
• Ukrainian: Скі́фія f (Skífija), Ски́тія f (Skýtija)
• Uzbek: Skifiya
• Volapük: Skütän (vo)
• Welsh: Sgythia f

Latin

Alternative forms

• Scitia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Σκῠ́θης (Skŭ́thēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía)bor.

Latin Scythia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsky.tʰi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː.ti.a]

Proper noun

Scythia f sg (genitive Scythiae); first declension

1. Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scythia
genitive	Scythiae
dative	Scythiae
accusative	Scythiam
ablative	Scythiā
vocative	Scythia
locative	Scythiae

Related terms

• Scytha

Descendants

• → English: Scythia
• French: Scythie
• Portuguese: Cítia
• Spanish: Escitia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Scythia f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cítia