καλιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

καλιή (kaliḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes connected to Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal”), whence Indo-European words for rooms and dwellings (compare Latin cella (“small room, cell; storeroom, granary; hut”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”), Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”) and Old Irish cuile (“storeroom, kitchen”)),^[1] but Beekes makes no mention of this and leaves the origin open. Etymological connection with καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”) in particular is rejected.^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.liː.ǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/

Noun

κᾰλῑᾱ́ • (kălīā́) f (genitive κᾰλῑᾶς); first declension

wooden dwelling, hut
barn, granary
bird's nest
shrine or grotto containing the image of a god

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́; τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́ hē kălīā́	τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kălīā́	αἱ κᾰλῑαί hai kălīaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς tês kălīâs	τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kălīaîn	τῶν κᾰλῑῶν tôn kălīôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῑᾷ têi kălīâi	τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kălīaîn	ταῖς κᾰλῑαῖς taîs kălīaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῑᾱ́ν tḕn kălīā́n	τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kălīā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῑᾱ́ς tā̀s kălīā́s
Vocative	κᾰλῑᾱ́ kălīā́	κᾰλῑᾱ́ kălīā́	κᾰλῑαί kălīaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλῑάδιον (kalīádion)
καλῑάς (kalīás)

References

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “HOUSE”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 282: “*k̂ḗls”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καλῑά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 624