λέσχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • λέσχα (léskha) — Doric

Etymology

Most plausibly from *λέχ-σκᾱ[1] with metathesis of ⟨σ⟩.
For stem λεχ- see λέχομαι (lékhomai, “lie down”) / λέχω (lékhō) & λέχος n (lékhos, “bed”). Cognates: with stem λοχ- λόχος (lókhos), with λεκτ-: λέκτρον n (léktron, “bed, couch”), Latin lectus.

However there is no proof for the connection to λέχος (lékhos, “bed”) or λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to recline”). Long ago, the agreement with Hebrew לִשְׁכָּה (lišḵá) was observed. The Hebrew is surely a foreign word considering the variation with נִשְׁכָּה (nišḵá) and the lack of Semitic cognates, but it is obscure if the Hebrew word is from Greek or the word in both languages is carried over from an unknown language via viniculture in an original meaning of pub, triclinium, making the provenience as obscure as that of Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”).[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λέσχη • (léskhē) f (genitive λέσχης); first declension

  1. couch, hence funeral bier, tomb
  2. lounging place, resort of idlers and beggars
  3. public building or hall used as a lounge or meeting place
  4. talk or gossip
    and see: λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ λέσχη; τῆς λέσχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λέσχη
hē léskhē		 τὼ λέσχᾱ
tṑ léskhā		 αἱ λέσχαι
hai léskhai
Genitive τῆς λέσχης
tês léskhēs		 τοῖν λέσχαιν
toîn léskhain		 τῶν λεσχῶν
tôn leskhôn
Dative τῇ λέσχῃ
têi léskhēi		 τοῖν λέσχαιν
toîn léskhain		 ταῖς λέσχαις
taîs léskhais
Accusative τὴν λέσχην
tḕn léskhēn		 τὼ λέσχᾱ
tṑ léskhā		 τᾱ̀ς λέσχᾱς
tā̀s léskhās
Vocative λέσχη
léskhē		 λέσχᾱ
léskhā		 λέσχαι
léskhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀδολεσχης (adoleskhēs)
  • ἔλλεσχος (élleskhos)
  • λεσχάζω (leskházō)
  • λεσχαίνω (leskhaínō)
  • λεσχαῖος (leskhaîos)
  • λεσχάραι (leskhárai)
  • λέσχημα (léskhēma)
  • λεσχημονεύομαι (leskhēmoneúomai)
  • λεσχήν (leskhḗn)
  • λεσχηνεία (leskhēneía)
  • λεσχηνευτής (leskhēneutḗs)
  • λεσχηνεύω (leskhēneúō)
  • λεσχηνίτης (leskhēnítēs)
  • λεσχηνόριος (leskhēnórios)
  • λεσχηνώτης (leskhēnṓtēs)
  • λεσχολογία (leskhología)
  • λεσχώδης (leskhṓdēs)
  • πρόλεσχος (próleskhos)

Descendants
  • → Greek: λέσχη (léschi) (learned)

References
  1. λέσχη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 141

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέσχη (léskhē) in sense "public building as meeting place".[1] Cognate words with stems λεχ-, λοχ-:[2] see: λεχώνα (lechóna), λοχεία (locheía), λόχος (lóchos), and λόχμη (lóchmi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈle.sçi/
  • Hyphenation: λέ‧σχη

Noun

λέσχη • (léschi) f (plural λέσχες)

  1. club (association of members)
    φοιτητική λέσχη ― foititikí léschi ― (university)-students' club
    Παρακολουθώ στην τηλεόραση τη «Λέσχη του βιβλίου».
    Parakolouthó stin tileórasi ti «Léschi tou vivlíou».
    I watch on TV [the programme] "Book Club".
  2. gambling club

Declension
declension of λέσχη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative λέσχη • λέσχες •
genitive λέσχης • λεσχών •
accusative λέσχη • λέσχες •
vocative λέσχη • λέσχες •

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • αδολεσχία f (adoleschía, “idle talk, chattering”)

References
  1. λέσχη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. λέσχη, λεχώνα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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