βλέννα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • βλένα (bléna), πλέννα (plénna)

Etymology

Often connected with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, “soft, gentle”) and Middle Irish blind (“slime from the mouth of a dead man”). However, according to Furnée, the variations would prove a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βλέννα • (blénna) f (genitive βλέννης); first declension

  1. mucus
    Synonyms: κόρυζα (kóruza), λέμφος (lémphos), μύξα (múxa)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ βλέννᾰ; τῆς βλέννης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλέννᾰ
hē blénna		 τὼ βλέννᾱ
tṑ blénnā		 αἱ βλένναι
hai blénnai
Genitive τῆς βλέννης
tês blénnēs		 τοῖν βλένναιν
toîn blénnain		 τῶν βλεννῶν
tôn blennôn
Dative τῇ βλέννῃ
têi blénnēi		 τοῖν βλένναιν
toîn blénnain		 ταῖς βλένναις
taîs blénnais
Accusative τὴν βλέννᾰν
tḕn blénnan		 τὼ βλέννᾱ
tṑ blénnā		 τᾱ̀ς βλέννᾱς
tā̀s blénnās
Vocative βλέννᾰ
blénna		 βλέννᾱ
blénnā		 βλένναι
blénnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βλέννος (blénnos)
  • βλεννός (blennós)
  • βλεννώδης (blennṓdēs)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós), probably of Pre-Greek origin hinted by the variations between π ~ β, νν ~ ν.

Noun

βλέννα • (vlénna) f (plural βλέννες)

  1. mucus
  2. snot (colloquial)

Declension
declension of βλέννα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βλέννα • βλέννες •
genitive βλέννας • βλεννών •
accusative βλέννα • βλέννες •
vocative βλέννα • βλέννες •

Further reading
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