Formation like μαλακός (malakós, “soft, tender”); the two synonymous adjectives may have influenced each other. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft”), like Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“soft”) and Sanskrit मर्धति (mardhati, “to abandon, neglect”). However, Beekes considers the word Pre-Greek, because *ml̥dʰ- would yield *βλαθ- (*blath-). Moreover, this word cannot be cognate with μαλακός (malakós), as the latter must go back to *mlh₂-ek and there is no trace of the h₂- in the former.
μᾰλθᾰκός • (malthakós) m (feminine μᾰλθᾰκή, neuter μᾰλθᾰκόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | μᾰλθᾰκός malthakós |
μᾰλθᾰκή malthakḗ |
μᾰλθᾰκόν malthakón |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκᾱ́ malthakā́ |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκοί malthakoí |
μᾰλθᾰκαί malthakaí |
μᾰλθᾰκᾰ́ malthaká | |||||
Genitive | μᾰλθᾰκοῦ malthakoû |
μᾰλθᾰκῆς malthakês |
μᾰλθᾰκοῦ malthakoû |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖν malthakoîn |
μᾰλθᾰκαῖν malthakaîn |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖν malthakoîn |
μᾰλθᾰκῶν malthakôn |
μᾰλθᾰκῶν malthakôn |
μᾰλθᾰκῶν malthakôn | |||||
Dative | μᾰλθᾰκῷ malthakôi |
μᾰλθᾰκῇ malthakêi |
μᾰλθᾰκῷ malthakôi |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖν malthakoîn |
μᾰλθᾰκαῖν malthakaîn |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖν malthakoîn |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖς malthakoîs |
μᾰλθᾰκαῖς malthakaîs |
μᾰλθᾰκοῖς malthakoîs | |||||
Accusative | μᾰλθᾰκόν malthakón |
μᾰλθᾰκήν malthakḗn |
μᾰλθᾰκόν malthakón |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκᾱ́ malthakā́ |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκούς malthakoús |
μᾰλθᾰκᾱ́ς malthakā́s |
μᾰλθᾰκᾰ́ malthaká | |||||
Vocative | μᾰλθᾰκέ malthaké |
μᾰλθᾰκή malthakḗ |
μᾰλθᾰκόν malthakón |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκᾱ́ malthakā́ |
μᾰλθᾰκώ malthakṓ |
μᾰλθᾰκοί malthakoí |
μᾰλθᾰκαί malthakaí |
μᾰλθᾰκᾰ́ malthaká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μᾰλθᾰκῶς malthakôs |
μᾰλθᾰκώτερος malthakṓteros |
μᾰλθᾰκώτᾰτος malthakṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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