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 • (alălḗ) 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 alălḗ	τὼ ἀλᾰλᾱ́ tṑ alălā́	αἱ ἀλᾰλαί hai alălaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀλᾰλῆς tês alălês	τοῖν ἀλᾰλαῖν toîn alălaîn	τῶν ἀλᾰλῶν tôn alălôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλᾰλῇ têi alălêi	τοῖν ἀλᾰλαῖν toîn alălaîn	ταῖς ἀλᾰλαῖς taîs alălaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀλᾰλήν tḕn alălḗn	τὼ ἀλᾰλᾱ́ tṑ alălā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀλᾰλᾱ́ς tā̀s alălā́s
Vocative	ἀλᾰλή alălḗ	ἀλᾰλᾱ́ alălā́	ἀλᾰλαί alălaí
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