Formation like βαλβίς (balbís), κηλίς (kēlís), κνημίς (knēmís) and κρηπίς (krēpís). Traditionally compared with Lithuanian šókti (“to jump, dance”), as if from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂k-. The gloss καγκύλας (kankúlas, “oak-galls”) is compared with Lithuanian šankùs (“nimble”), but this cannot be connected here if the root was *ḱeh₂k-. At any rate the connection with the Lithuanian word must be abandoned, and the word is Pre-Greek, because of the prenasalization in καγκύλας (kankúlas).
κηκῐ́ς • (kēkĭ́s) f (genitive κηκῖδος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κηκῐ́ς hē kēkĭ́s |
τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde |
αἱ κηκῖδες hai kēkîdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κηκῖδος tês kēkîdos |
τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin |
τῶν κηκῑ́δων tôn kēkī́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κηκῖδῐ têi kēkîdĭ |
τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin |
ταῖς κηκῖσῐ / κηκῖσῐν taîs kēkîsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κηκῖδᾰ tḕn kēkîdă |
τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde |
τᾱ̀ς κηκῖδᾰς tā̀s kēkîdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κηκῐ́ς kēkĭ́s |
κηκῖδε kēkîde |
κηκῖδες kēkîdes | ||||||||||
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