τριχάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.kʰás/ → /triˈxas/ → /triˈxas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.kʰás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈkʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈxas/

Noun

τρῐχᾰ́ς • (trikhás) f (genitive τρῐχᾰ́δος); third declension

1. song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τρῐχᾰ́ς; τῆς τρῐχᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῐχᾰ́ς hē trikhás	τὼ τρῐχᾰ́δε tṑ trikháde	αἱ τρῐχᾰ́δες hai trikhádes
Genitive	τῆς τρῐχᾰ́δος tês trikhádos	τοῖν τρῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn trikhádoin	τῶν τρῐχᾰ́δων tôn trikhádōn
Dative	τῇ τρῐχᾰ́δῐ têi trikhádi	τοῖν τρῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn trikhádoin	ταῖς τρῐχᾰ́σῐ / τρῐχᾰ́σῐν taîs trikhási(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρῐχᾰ́δᾰ tḕn trikháda	τὼ τρῐχᾰ́δε tṑ trikháde	τᾱ̀ς τρῐχᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s trikhádas
Vocative	τρῐχᾰ́ς trikhás	τρῐχᾰ́δε trikháde	τρῐχᾰ́δες trikhádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “τριχάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τριχάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette