πάλη

See also: πάλι

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From the root of πάλλω (pállō).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/

Noun

πᾰ́λη • (pálē) f (genitive πᾰ́λης); first declension

wrestling, fight

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰ́λη hē pálē	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	αἱ πᾰ́λαι hai pálai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰ́λης tês pálēs	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	τῶν πᾰλῶν tôn palôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰ́λῃ têi pálēi	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	ταῖς πᾰ́λαις taîs pálais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰ́λην tḕn pálēn	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s pálās
Vocative	πᾰ́λη pálē	πᾰ́λᾱ pálā	πᾰ́λαι pálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀντίπαλος (antípalos)
διαπάλη (diapálē)
δυσπαλής (duspalḗs)
εὐπαλής (eupalḗs)
παλαίω (palaíō)

Descendants

Greek: πάλη (páli)

Etymology 2

Has been derived from πάλλω (pállō, “to swing, rock”), which is conceivable but not compelling. Alternatively, it can be connected to Latin pollen (“fine flour”) and puls (“meal, porridge”), all from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/

Noun

πᾰ́λη • (pálē) f (genitive πᾰ́λης); first declension

finest meal, flour
any fine dust

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰ́λη hē pálē	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	αἱ πᾰ́λαι hai pálai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰ́λης tês pálēs	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	τῶν πᾰλῶν tôn palôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰ́λῃ têi pálēi	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	ταῖς πᾰ́λαις taîs pálais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰ́λην tḕn pálēn	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s pálās
Vocative	πᾰ́λη pálē	πᾰ́λᾱ pálā	πᾰ́λαι pálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πάλημα (pálēma)
παλημάτιον (palēmátion)

References

“πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
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Homophone: πάλι (páli)
Hyphenation: πά‧λη

Noun

πάλη • (páli) f (plural πάλες)

wrestling
fight, struggle

Declension

Declension of πάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	πάλη •	πάλες •
genitive	πάλης •	παλών •
accusative	πάλη •	πάλες •
vocative	πάλη •	πάλες •

πάλη

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

References

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