χαλβάνη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew חֶלְבְּנָה (ḥelbənāh), from the root ח־ל־ב (ḥ-l-b) related to milk, from Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb- (“milk; fat”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰλβᾰ́νη • (khalbánē) f (genitive χᾰλβᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. galbanum, the resinous juice produced by plants of the genus Ferula

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη; τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη
hē khalbánē 		τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khalbánā 		αἱ χᾰλβᾰ́ναι
hai khalbánai
Genitive τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης
tês khalbánēs 		τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν
toîn khalbánain 		τῶν χᾰλβᾰνῶν
tôn khalbanôn
Dative τῇ χᾰλβᾰ́νῃ
têi khalbánēi 		τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν
toîn khalbánain 		ταῖς χᾰλβᾰ́ναις
taîs khalbánais
Accusative τὴν χᾰλβᾰ́νην
tḕn khalbánēn 		τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khalbánā 		τᾱ̀ς χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s khalbánās
Vocative χᾰλβᾰ́νη
khalbánē 		χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
khalbánā 		χᾰλβᾰ́ναι
khalbánai
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χαλβάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1609

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