σκάφη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκᾰ́πτω (skáptō, “I dig”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ská.pʰɛː/ → /ˈska.ɸi/ → /ˈska.fi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ská.pʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈska.pʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.ɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈska.fi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈska.fi/

Noun

σκᾰ́φη • (skáphē) f (genitive σκᾰ́φης); first declension

1. bowl, tub, basin, bath
2. light boat, skiff
3. cradle
4. grave
5. concave sundial

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σκᾰ́φη; τῆς σκᾰ́φης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σκᾰ́φη hē skáphē	τὼ σκᾰ́φᾱ tṑ skáphā	αἱ σκᾰ́φαι hai skáphai
Genitive	τῆς σκᾰ́φης tês skáphēs	τοῖν σκᾰ́φαιν toîn skáphain	τῶν σκᾰφῶν tôn skaphôn
Dative	τῇ σκᾰ́φῃ têi skáphēi	τοῖν σκᾰ́φαιν toîn skáphain	ταῖς σκᾰ́φαις taîs skáphais
Accusative	τὴν σκᾰ́φην tḕn skáphēn	τὼ σκᾰ́φᾱ tṑ skáphā	τᾱ̀ς σκᾰ́φᾱς tā̀s skáphās
Vocative	σκᾰ́φη skáphē	σκᾰ́φᾱ skáphā	σκᾰ́φαι skáphai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “σκάφη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκάφη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G4627 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ark idem, page 40.
  • cradle idem, page 181.
  • trough idem, page 897.
  • tub idem, page 900.
• σκάφη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē).

Noun

σκάφη • (skáfi) f (plural σκάφες)

1. wash tub

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	σκάφα (skáfa)	σκάφες (skáfes)
genitive	σκάφας (skáfas)	σκαφών (skafón)
accusative	σκάφα (skáfa)	σκάφες (skáfes)
vocative	σκάφα (skáfa)	σκάφες (skáfes)

Etymology 2

Noun

σκάφη • (skáfi) n

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of σκάφος (skáfos).