Μαλάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake), possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). Compare modern Greek Μάλαγα (Málaga) from Spanish.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.lá.kɛː/ → /maˈla.ci/ → /maˈla.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.lá.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈla.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈla.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈla.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈla.ci/

Proper noun

Μᾰλᾰ́κη • (Malákē) f (genitive Μᾰλᾰ́κης); first declension

1. Malaga (a port city in Andalusia, Spain)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μᾰλᾰ́κη; τῆς Μᾰλᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰλᾰ́κη hē Malákē
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰλᾰ́κης tês Malákēs
Dative	τῇ Μᾰλᾰ́κῃ têi Malákēi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰλᾰ́κην tḕn Malákēn
Vocative	Μᾰλᾰ́κη Malákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Μαλάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette