From Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, smoulder, burn”) and cognate with English sweal, German schwelen (“to smoulder”) and Lithuanian svìlti (“to grill”).
εἵλη • (heílē) f (genitive εἵλης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ εἵλη hē heílē |
τὼ εἵλᾱ tṑ heílā |
αἱ εἷλαι hai heîlai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς εἵλης tês heílēs |
τοῖν εἵλαιν toîn heílain |
τῶν εἱλῶν tôn heilôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ εἵλῃ têi heílēi |
τοῖν εἵλαιν toîn heílain |
ταῖς εἵλαις taîs heílais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν εἵλην tḕn heílēn |
τὼ εἵλᾱ tṑ heílā |
τᾱ̀ς εἵλᾱς tā̀s heílās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εἵλη heílē |
εἵλᾱ heílā |
εἷλαι heîlai | ||||||||||
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