κανδήλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κανδήλα (kandḗla), κανδῆλα (kandêla), κανδέλα (kandéla), καντῆλα (kantêla), καντήλα (kantḗla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla (“a light made of wax or tallow”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kan.dɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /kanˈdi.li/ → /kanˈdi.li/

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

Noun

κανδήλη • (kandḗlē) f (genitive κανδήλης); first declension

1. oil lamp

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰνδήλη; τῆς κᾰνδήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰνδήλη hē kăndḗlē	τὼ κᾰνδήλᾱ tṑ kăndḗlā	αἱ κᾰνδῆλαι hai kăndêlai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰνδήλης tês kăndḗlēs	τοῖν κᾰνδήλαιν toîn kăndḗlain	τῶν κᾰνδηλῶν tôn kăndēlôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰνδήλῃ têi kăndḗlēi	τοῖν κᾰνδήλαιν toîn kăndḗlain	ταῖς κᾰνδήλαις taîs kăndḗlais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰνδήλην tḕn kăndḗlēn	τὼ κᾰνδήλᾱ tṑ kăndḗlā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰνδήλᾱς tā̀s kăndḗlās
Vocative	κᾰνδήλη kăndḗlē	κᾰνδήλᾱ kăndḗlā	κᾰνδῆλαι kăndêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καντήλα (kantíla)
  • → Aromanian: cãndilã
  • → Romanian: candelă
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܢܕܝܠܐ, ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlāʾ)
  • → Arabic: قِنْدِيل (qindīl), قَنْدِيل (qandīl) (see there for further descendants)
• → Georgian: კანდელი (ḳandeli)
  • → Laz: კანდელი (ǩandeli)
• → Old Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʻeł) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old East Slavic: кандило (kandilo)
  • Russian: канди́ло (kandílo), канде́ль (kandélʹ)
• → Old Church Slavonic: канъдило (kanŭdilo)
  • → Macedonian: кандило (kandilo)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кандило

    Latin script: kandilo