φάλλαινα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Traditionally derived, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”); see also φαλλός (phallós, “penis, phallus”).[1] However, Beekes considers the word Pre-Greek due to variation between the single and geminate λ in its variant forms.[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φάλλαινᾰ • (phállaina) f (genitive φαλλαίνης); first declension

  1. whale
  2. moth

Inflection
First declension of ἡ φάλλαινᾰ; τῆς φαλλαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ἡ φάλλαινᾰ
hē phállaina		 αἱ φάλλαιναι
hai phállainai
Genitive τῆς φαλλαίνης
tês phallaínēs		 τῶν φαλλαινῶν
tôn phallainôn
Dative τῇ φαλλαίνῃ
têi phallaínēi		 ταῖς φαλλαίναις
taîs phallaínais
Accusative τὴν φάλλαινᾰν
tḕn phállainan		 τᾱ̀ς φαλλαίνᾱς
tā̀s phallaínās
Vocative φάλλαινᾰ
phállaina		 φάλλαιναι
phállainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: φάλαινα (fálaina) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Latin: ballaena (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 120
  2. 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, page 1549

Further reading

Greek

Noun

φάλλαινα • (fállaina) f (plural φάλλαινες)

  1. Alternative form of φάλαινα (fálaina)

Declension
declension of φάλλαινα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φάλλαινα • φάλλαινες •
genitive φάλλαινας • φαλλαινών •
accusative φάλλαινα • φάλλαινες •
vocative φάλλαινα • φάλλαινες •
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