τριχάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.kʰás/ → /triˈxas/ → /triˈxas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.kʰás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈkʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/

Noun

τρῐχᾰ́ς • (trĭkhắs) f (genitive τρῐχᾰ́δος); third declension

1. song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τρῐχᾰ́ς; τῆς τρῐχᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῐχᾰ́ς hē trĭkhắs	τὼ τρῐχᾰ́δε tṑ trĭkhắde	αἱ τρῐχᾰ́δες hai trĭkhắdes
Genitive	τῆς τρῐχᾰ́δος tês trĭkhắdos	τοῖν τρῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn trĭkhắdoin	τῶν τρῐχᾰ́δων tôn trĭkhắdōn
Dative	τῇ τρῐχᾰ́δῐ têi trĭkhắdĭ	τοῖν τρῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn trĭkhắdoin	ταῖς τρῐχᾰ́σῐ / τρῐχᾰ́σῐν taîs trĭkhắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρῐχᾰ́δᾰ tḕn trĭkhắdă	τὼ τρῐχᾰ́δε tṑ trĭkhắde	τᾱ̀ς τρῐχᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s trĭkhắdăs
Vocative	τρῐχᾰ́ς trĭkhắs	τρῐχᾰ́δε trĭkhắde	τρῐχᾰ́δες trĭkhắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “τριχάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τριχάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette