τάβλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τάβλη (táblē), ταβλίον (tablíon), ταβλίν (tablín), τάβλον (táblon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tabla (“tablet, plank, table”).

Noun

τάβλα • (tábla) f (genitive τάβλης); first declension

1. (Koine) tablet; plank; table

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τᾰ́βλᾰ; τῆς τᾰ́βλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰ́βλᾰ hē tắblă	τὼ τᾰ́βλᾱ tṑ tắblā	αἱ τᾰ́βλαι hai tắblai
Genitive	τῆς τᾰ́βλης tês tắblēs	τοῖν τᾰ́βλαιν toîn tắblain	τῶν τᾰβλῶν tôn tăblôn
Dative	τῇ τᾰ́βλῃ têi tắblēi	τοῖν τᾰ́βλαιν toîn tắblain	ταῖς τᾰ́βλαις taîs tắblais
Accusative	τὴν τᾰ́βλᾰν tḕn tắblăn	τὼ τᾰ́βλᾱ tṑ tắblā	τᾱ̀ς τᾰ́βλᾱς tā̀s tắblās
Vocative	τᾰ́βλᾰ tắblă	τᾰ́βλᾱ tắblā	τᾰ́βλαι tắblai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: τάβλα (távla)
• → Arabic: طَبْل (ṭabl)
• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טַבְלָא (ṭaḇlā)

  Jewish Literary Aramaic: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)

  ⇒ Classical Syriac: ܛܒܠܝܬܐ (ṭaḇlāytā, ṭaḇlīṯa)

• → Old Armenian: տապեղ (tapeł), տապալի (tapali), տապաղի (tapałi)
  • → Armenian: տապեղ (tapeġ)
• → Old Georgian: ტაბლაჲ (ṭablay) (possibly)
• → Hebrew: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)