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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Due to the presence of variations, probably from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/ → /kaˈly.βi/ → /kaˈli.vi/
Noun
κᾰλῠ́βη • (kalúbē) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́βης); first declension
- A hut, a cabin
- Synonym: κλισία (klisía)
- A bridal bower
- A sleeping tent on the roof of a house
- A cover, a screen
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: καλύβα f (kalýva, “hut”)
Further reading
- “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καλύβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Noun
καλύβη • (kalývi) f (plural καλύβες)
- Alternative form of καλύβα (kalýva)
Declension
Declension of καλύβη
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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καλύβη (kalývi)
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καλύβες (kalýves)
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| genitive
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καλύβης (kalývis)
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καλυβών (kalyvón)
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| accusative
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καλύβη (kalývi)
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καλύβες (kalýves)
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| vocative
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καλύβη (kalývi)
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καλύβες (kalýves)
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