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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kí.kʰlɛː/ → /ˈci.xli/ → /ˈci.xli/
Noun
κῐ́χλη • (kíkhlē) f (genitive κῐ́χλης); first declension
- thrush (bird)
- wrasse
Inflection
References
- “κίχλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κίχλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κίχλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κίχλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κίχλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “thrush”).
Noun
κίχλη • (kíchli) f (plural κίχλες)
- Turdus philomelos: song thrush
Declension
Synonyms
- see: τσίχλα f (tsíchla, “thrush”)
Coordinate terms
- see: τσίχλα f (tsíchla, “thrush”) for other thrushes
Further reading