κίχλη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῐ́χλη • (kíkhlē) f (genitive κῐ́χλης); first declension

  1. thrush (bird)
  2. wrasse

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῐ́χλη; τῆς κῐ́χλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κῐ́χλη
hē kíkhlē 		τὼ κῐ́χλᾱ
tṑ kíkhlā 		αἱ κῐ́χλαι
hai kíkhlai
Genitive τῆς κῐ́χλης
tês kíkhlēs 		τοῖν κῐ́χλαιν
toîn kíkhlain 		τῶν κῐχλῶν
tôn kikhlôn
Dative τῇ κῐ́χλῃ
têi kíkhlēi 		τοῖν κῐ́χλαιν
toîn kíkhlain 		ταῖς κῐ́χλαις
taîs kíkhlais
Accusative τὴν κῐ́χλην
tḕn kíkhlēn 		τὼ κῐ́χλᾱ
tṑ kíkhlā 		τᾱ̀ς κῐ́χλᾱς
tā̀s kíkhlās
Vocative κῐ́χλη
kíkhlē 		κῐ́χλᾱ
kíkhlā 		κῐ́χλαι
kíkhlai
Notes:

Descendants

  • → New Latin: Cichla (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίχλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 706

Further reading

  • “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.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “thrush”).

Noun

κίχλη • (kíchli) f (plural κίχλες)

  1. Turdus philomelos: song thrush

Declension

Declension of κίχλη
singular plural
nominative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)
genitive κίχλης (kíchlis) κιχλών (kichlón)
accusative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)
vocative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • see: τσίχλα f (tsíchla, “thrush”) for other thrushes

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