φάλαινα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰá.lai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.lɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸa.lɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfa.le.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfa.le.na/
Noun
[edit]φάλαινᾰ • (phálaina) f (genitive φαλαίνης); first declension
- Alternative form of φάλλαινα (phállaina, “moth”)
Inflection
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φάλαινᾰ hē phálaina |
τὼ φαλαίνᾱ tṑ phalaínā |
αἱ φάλαιναι hai phálainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φαλαίνης tês phalaínēs |
τοῖν φαλαίναιν toîn phalaínain |
τῶν φαλαινῶν tôn phalainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φαλαίνῃ têi phalaínēi |
τοῖν φαλαίναιν toîn phalaínain |
ταῖς φαλαίναις taîs phalaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φάλαινᾰν tḕn phálainan |
τὼ φαλαίνᾱ tṑ phalaínā |
τᾱ̀ς φαλαίνᾱς tā̀s phalaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φάλαινᾰ phálaina |
φαλαίνᾱ phalaínā |
φάλαιναι phálainai | ||||||||||
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Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma), Old English blōstm, blæd (“leaf”) (English blossom, blade) and Sanskrit फुलम् (phulam).
Noun
[edit]φάλαινα • (fálaina) f (plural φάλαινες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of φάλαινα
Coordinate terms
[edit]- see: κητώδη n pl (kitódi, “cetacea”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Georgacas, Demetrius J. (1978) “Turkish Common Names of Aquatic Animals (and Congeners) and Fishing Terms of Greek Origin”, in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo[1], volume 20, Pisa: Giardini, § 152, page 134 of 119–145, additionally records the dialectal forms fályna in Skiathos and fályena in Chios
- ^ Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)[2] (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 556, page 132
Further reading
[edit]
φάλαινα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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