ἅλς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Cognates include Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Old Armenian աղ (ał), Latin sāl, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /háls/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hals/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /als/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /als/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /als/

Noun

ἅλς (genitive ἁλός) m, third declension; (hals)

1. salt
2. brine
3. sea
4. wit

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἅλς	τὼ ἅλε	οἱ ἅλες
Genitive	τοῦ ἁλός	τοῖν ἁλοῖν	τῶν ἁλῶν
Dative	τῷ ἁλί	τοῖν ἁλοῖν	τοῖς ἁλσί(ν)
Accusative	τὸν ἅλᾰ	τὼ ἅλε	τοὺς ἅλᾰς
Vocative	ἅλς	ἅλε	ἅλες

Descendants

• English: halogen
• Greek: αλάτι

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G251