παλλακή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • παλλακίς (pallakís)

Etymology

The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix "-ακ-". Similarly, Levin regards Latin paelex (mistress) as a loanword from a Mediterranean language, maybe a Semitic one, in view of Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, concubine). The remaining connections that have been proposed, particularly those with Old Irish airech (concubine), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, beautiful women seducing pious men), Middle Persian [Term?] (/parīg/), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik)) should all be dismissed for formal or semantic reasons.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

παλλᾰκή (pallakḗ) f (genitive παλλᾰκῆς); first declension

  1. concubine, young girl

Inflection

Derived terms

  • παλλακεία (pallakeía)
  • παλλακεύω (pallakeúō)
  • παλλακίδιον (pallakídion)
  • παλλάκιον (pallákion)
  • παλλακός (pallakós)
  • παλλακῖνος (pallakînos)

Descendants

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