καλιά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- καλιή (kaliḗ) – Ionic
Etymology
Unknown. Etymological connection with καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”) is extremely doubtful.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.liː.ǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.liˈa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.liˈa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.liˈa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.liˈa/
Noun
κᾰλῑᾱ́ • (kalīā́) f (genitive κᾰλῑᾶς); first declension
- wooden dwelling, hut
- barn, granary
- bird's nest
- shrine or grotto containing the image of a god
Declension
First declension of ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́; τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́ hē kalīā́ | τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kalīā́ | αἱ κᾰλῑαί hai kalīaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς tês kalīâs | τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kalīaîn | τῶν κᾰλῑῶν tôn kalīôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰλῑᾷ têi kalīâi | τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kalīaîn | ταῖς κᾰλῑαῖς taîs kalīaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰλῑᾱ́ν tḕn kalīā́n | τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kalīā́ | τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῑᾱ́ς tā̀s kalīā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰλῑᾱ́ kalīā́ | κᾰλῑᾱ́ kalīā́ | κᾰλῑαί kalīaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καλῑάδιον (kalīádion)
- καλῑάς (kalīás)
Further reading
- καλιά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- καλιά 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