βλέννα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”) and Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλέννα • (blénna) f (genitive βλέννης); first declension

  1. mucus
    Synonyms: κόρυζα (kóruza), λέμφος (lémphos), μύξα (múxa)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλέννᾰ; τῆς βλέννης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλέννᾰ
hē blénna 		τὼ βλέννᾱ
tṑ blénnā 		αἱ βλένναι
hai blénnai
Genitive τῆς βλέννης
tês blénnēs 		τοῖν βλένναιν
toîn blénnain 		τῶν βλεννῶν
tôn blennôn
Dative τῇ βλέννῃ
têi blénnēi 		τοῖν βλένναιν
toîn blénnain 		ταῖς βλένναις
taîs blénnais
Accusative τὴν βλέννᾰν
tḕn blénnan 		τὼ βλέννᾱ
tṑ blénnā 		τᾱ̀ς βλέννᾱς
tā̀s blénnās
Vocative βλέννᾰ
blénna 		βλέννᾱ
blénnā 		βλένναι
blénnai
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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós), probably of Pre-Greek origin hinted by the variations between π ~ β, νν ~ ν.

Noun

βλέννα • (vlénna) f (plural βλέννες)

  1. mucus
  2. snot (colloquial)

Declension

singular plural
nominative βλέννα (vlénna) βλέννες (vlénnes)
genitive βλέννας (vlénnas) βλεννών (vlennón)
accusative βλέννα (vlénna) βλέννες (vlénnes)
vocative βλέννα (vlénna) βλέννες (vlénnes)

Further reading

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