ἀλαλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλαλά (alalá) — Doric

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.la.lɛ̌ː/ → /a.laˈli/ → /a.laˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.la.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.laˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.laˈli/

Noun

ἀλᾰλή • (alalḗ) f (genitive ἀλᾰλῆς); first declension

1. A loud cry, especially a war cry
2. The battle itself

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀλᾰλή; τῆς ἀλᾰλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλᾰλή hē alalḗ	τὼ ἀλᾰλᾱ́ tṑ alalā́	αἱ ἀλᾰλαί hai alalaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀλᾰλῆς tês alalês	τοῖν ἀλᾰλαῖν toîn alalaîn	τῶν ἀλᾰλῶν tôn alalôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλᾰλῇ têi alalêi	τοῖν ἀλᾰλαῖν toîn alalaîn	ταῖς ἀλᾰλαῖς taîs alalaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀλᾰλήν tḕn alalḗn	τὼ ἀλᾰλᾱ́ tṑ alalā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀλᾰλᾱ́ς tā̀s alalā́s
Vocative	ἀλᾰλή alalḗ	ἀλᾰλᾱ́ alalā́	ἀλᾰλαί alalaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλαλαγή (alalagḗ)
• ἀλάλαγμα (alálagma)
• ἀλαλαγμός (alalagmós)
• ἀλαλάζω (alalázō)
• ἀλαλαί (alalaí)
• ἀλαλητός (alalētós)

 

Further reading

• “ἀλαλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλαλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN