βλάβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Considering Cretan forms (ἀβλοπής (ablopḗs) for ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs) and ἀβλοπία (ablopía) for ἀβλαβεία (ablabeía)) βλαβ- perhaps resulted from βλαπ- by assimilation, but the interchanges α/ο and β/π are typical of Pre-Greek. See also βλάσφημος (blásphēmos), Latin mulcō (“I beat, maltreat”), Sanskrit मृच् (mṛc, “threatening or injury”) and मर्चयति (marcayati, “to hurt, injure”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βλᾰ́βη • (blábē) f (genitive βλᾰ́βης); first declension

  1. hurt, harm, damage, mischief
    Synonym: βλᾰ́μμᾰ (blámma)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ βλᾰ́βη; τῆς βλᾰ́βης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰ́βη
hē blábē		 τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blábā		 αἱ βλᾰ́βαι
hai blábai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰ́βης
tês blábēs		 τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blábain		 τῶν βλᾰβῶν
tôn blabôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰ́βῃ
têi blábēi		 τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blábain		 ταῖς βλᾰ́βαις
taîs blábais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰ́βην
tḕn blábēn		 τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blábā		 τᾱ̀ς βλᾰ́βᾱς
tā̀s blábās
Vocative βλᾰ́βη
blábē		 βλᾰ́βᾱ
blábā		 βλᾰ́βαι
blábai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs)
  • βλαβεραυγής (blaberaugḗs)
  • βλαβερός (blaberós)
  • βλαβόεις (blabóeis)

Descendants
  • Greek: βλάβη (vlávi)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλάβη (blábē).

Noun

βλάβη • (vlávi) f (plural βλάβες)

  1. damage, detriment, harm

Declension
declension of βλάβη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βλάβη • βλάβες •
genitive βλάβης • βλαβών •
accusative βλάβη • βλάβες •
vocative βλάβη • βλάβες •

Further reading
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