φάλλαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”).[1] See φαλλός (phallós).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. whale

Usage notes

Not to be confused with φάλαινᾰ (phálaina, “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

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

Further reading

Greek

Noun

φάλλαινα • (fállaina) f (plural φάλλαινες)

  1. Alternative form of φάλαινα (fálaina)

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