βληχή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βλᾱχᾱ́ (blākhā́) — Doric
Etymology
An onomatopoeic formation with many parallels, like Czech blekati, German blöken, Latvian blêt.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blɛː.kʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ble̝ˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βliˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vliˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vliˈçi/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βληχή hē blēkhḗ |
τὼ βληχᾱ́ tṑ blēkhā́ |
αἱ βληχαί hai blēkhaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βληχῆς tês blēkhês |
τοῖν βληχαῖν toîn blēkhaîn |
τῶν βληχῶν tôn blēkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βληχῇ têi blēkhêi |
τοῖν βληχαῖν toîn blēkhaîn |
ταῖς βληχαῖς taîs blēkhaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βληχήν tḕn blēkhḗn |
τὼ βληχᾱ́ tṑ blēkhā́ |
τᾱ̀ς βληχᾱ́ς tā̀s blēkhā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βληχή blēkhḗ |
βληχᾱ́ blēkhā́ |
βληχαί blēkhaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βληχηθμός (blēkhēthmós)
- βλήχημᾰ (blḗkhēma)
- βληχητά (blēkhētá)
- βληχώδης (blēkhṓdēs)
- βληχᾰ́ομαι (blēkháomai)
- βληχᾰ́ς (blēkhás)
Further reading
- “βληχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βληχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βληχή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βληχή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
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