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/
Noun
βληχή • (blēkhḗ) f (genitive βληχῆς); first declension
- bleat, bleating
- (of infants) wailing
Declension
First declension of ἡ βληχή; τῆς βληχῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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
- βληχᾰ́ομαι (blēkháomai)
- βληχᾰ́ς (blēkhás)
- βληχηθμός (blēkhēthmós)
- βλήχημᾰ (blḗkhēma)
- βληχητά (blēkhētá)
- βληχώδης (blēkhṓdēs)
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 (2006–2023)
- 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