πασπάλη
See also: πάσπαλη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation and origin are unknown. It seems obvious to connect παιπάλη (paipálē, “finest flour”), but the relation is unclear.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pas.pá.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pasˈpa.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pasˈpa.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pasˈpa.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pasˈpa.li/
Noun
πᾰσπᾰ́λη • (paspálē) f (genitive πᾰσπᾰ́λης); first declension
- finest flour or meal
- Synonym: παιπάλη (paipálē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πᾰσπᾰ́λη hē paspálē | τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paspálā | αἱ πᾰσπᾰ́λαι hai paspálai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πᾰσπᾰ́λης tês paspálēs | τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn paspálain | τῶν πᾰσπᾰλῶν tôn paspalôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πᾰσπᾰ́λῃ têi paspálēi | τοῖν πᾰσπᾰ́λαιν toîn paspálain | ταῖς πᾰσπᾰ́λαις taîs paspálais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πᾰσπᾰ́λην tḕn paspálēn | τὼ πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ tṑ paspálā | τᾱ̀ς πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s paspálās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰσπᾰ́λη paspálē | πᾰσπᾰ́λᾱ paspálā | πᾰσπᾰ́λαι paspálai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πᾰσπᾰλέτης (paspalétēs)
- πᾰσπᾰληφᾰ́γος (paspalēphágos)
- πᾰ́σπᾰλος (páspalos)
Descendants
- Greek: πασπάλη (paspáli)
Further reading
- “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πασπάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πασπάλη 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
Alternative forms
- πάσπαλη f (páspali)
Noun
πασπάλη • (paspáli) f (uncountable)
- (colloquial) flour, powder
Declension
πασπάλη
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | πασπάλη • |
genitive | πασπάλης • |
accusative | πασπάλη • |
vocative | πασπάλη • |
Related terms
- see: πασπαλίζω (paspalízo, “to sprinkle”)