ζάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Poetic word without etymology. It has been connected with δίνη (dínē, “whirlpool, eddy”), but this is formally difficult.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdá.lɛː/ → /ˈza.li/ → /ˈza.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/

Noun

ζᾰ́λη • (zắlē) f (genitive ζᾰ́λης); first declension

1. squall, storm, downpour

   Synonym: θῠ́ελλᾰ (thŭ́ellă)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζᾰ́λη; τῆς ζᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζᾰ́λη hē zắlē	τὼ ζᾰ́λᾱ tṑ zắlā	αἱ ζᾰ́λαι hai zắlai
Genitive	τῆς ζᾰ́λης tês zắlēs	τοῖν ζᾰ́λαιν toîn zắlain	τῶν ζᾰλῶν tôn zălôn
Dative	τῇ ζᾰ́λῃ têi zắlēi	τοῖν ζᾰ́λαιν toîn zắlain	ταῖς ζᾰ́λαις taîs zắlais
Accusative	τὴν ζᾰ́λην tḕn zắlēn	τὼ ζᾰ́λᾱ tṑ zắlā	τᾱ̀ς ζᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s zắlās
Vocative	ζᾰ́λη zắlē	ζᾰ́λᾱ zắlā	ζᾰ́λαι zắlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN