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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation and origin are unknown. It seems obvious to connect παιπάλη (paipálē, “finest flour”), but the relation is unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/ → /pasˈpa.li/ → /pasˈpa.li/
Noun
πᾰσπᾰ́λη • (paspálē) f (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λης); first declension
- finest flour or meal
- Synonym: παιπάλη (paipálē)
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πασπάλη 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
Greek
Noun
πασπάλη • (paspáli) f (uncountable)
- (colloquial) flour, powder
Declension
Declension of πασπάλη
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singular
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| nominative
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πασπάλη (paspáli)
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| genitive
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πασπάλης (paspális)
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| accusative
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πασπάλη (paspáli)
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| vocative
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πασπάλη (paspáli)
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