φάλαινα

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάλαινᾰ • (phálaina) f (genitive φαλαίνης); first declension

  1. Alternative form of φάλλαινα (phállaina, “moth”)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φάλαινᾰ; τῆς φαλαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φάλαινᾰ
hē phálaina 		τὼ φαλαίνᾱ
tṑ phalaínā 		αἱ φάλαιναι
hai phálainai
Genitive τῆς φαλαίνης
tês phalaínēs 		τοῖν φαλαίναιν
toîn phalaínain 		τῶν φαλαινῶν
tôn phalainôn
Dative τῇ φαλαίνῃ
têi phalaínēi 		τοῖν φαλαίναιν
toîn phalaínain 		ταῖς φαλαίναις
taîs phalaínais
Accusative τὴν φάλαινᾰν
tḕn phálainan 		τὼ φαλαίνᾱ
tṑ phalaínā 		τᾱ̀ς φαλαίνᾱς
tā̀s phalaínās
Vocative φάλαινᾰ
phálaina 		φαλαίνᾱ
phalaínā 		φάλαιναι
phálainai
Notes:

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma), Old English blōstm, blæd (“leaf”) (English blossom, blade) and Sanskrit फुलम् (phulam).

Noun

φάλαινα • (fálaina) f (plural φάλαινες)

  1. whale
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) fat woman, landwhale

Declension

Declension of φάλαινα
singular plural
nominative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •
genitive φάλαινας • φαλαινών •
accusative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •
vocative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Georgacas, Demetrius J. (1978) “Turkish Common Names of Aquatic Animals (and Congeners) and Fishing Terms of Greek Origin”, in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo‎, volume 20, Pisa: Giardini, § 152, page 134 of 119–145, additionally records the dialectal forms fályna in Skiathos and fályena in Chios
  2. ^ Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎ (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 556, page 132

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