κόγχη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, especially in view of the cluster -γχ- (-nkh-), which points to prenasalization in Pre-Greek terms. Compare καγκύλας (kankúlas, “mussel”) and κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral conch, snail”), which both exhibit conclusively Pre-Greek variation.
Possibly related to Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkhá-, “conch, mussel”), but not by common inheritance from Proto-Indo-European.[1] Doublet of κόγχος (kónkhos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόγχη • (kónkhē) f (genitive κόγχης); first declension

  1. mussel, cockle
    1. shell-full
  2. anything like a mussel shell, especially a shell-like cavity in the body:
    1. (anatomy) hollow of the ear
    2. (anatomy) kneepan
  3. case around a seal attached to documents
  4. niche for a statue; apse
  5. (geometry) fourth part of a sphere
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Inflection

First declension of ἡ κόγχη; τῆς κόγχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κόγχη
hē kónkhē 		τὼ κόγχᾱ
tṑ kónkhā 		αἱ κόγχαι
hai kónkhai
Genitive τῆς κόγχης
tês kónkhēs 		τοῖν κόγχαιν
toîn kónkhain 		τῶν κογχῶν
tôn konkhôn
Dative τῇ κόγχῃ
têi kónkhēi 		τοῖν κόγχαιν
toîn kónkhain 		ταῖς κόγχαις
taîs kónkhais
Accusative τὴν κόγχην
tḕn kónkhēn 		τὼ κόγχᾱ
tṑ kónkhā 		τᾱ̀ς κόγχᾱς
tā̀s kónkhās
Vocative κόγχη
kónkhē 		κόγχᾱ
kónkhā 		κόγχαι
kónkhai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: concha (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόγχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 728

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