μασχάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation may be compared with that of ἀγκάλη (ankálē, “bent arm”), but further deatils are unclear. According to Beekes, it is undoubtedly a word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.kʰá.lɛː/ → /masˈxa.li/ → /masˈxa.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.kʰá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /masˈkʰa.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /masˈxa.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /masˈxa.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /masˈxa.li/

Noun

μᾰσχᾰ́λη • (maskhálē) f (genitive μᾰσχᾰ́λης); first declension

1. (anatomy) armpit, axilla
2. (botany) axil, hollow at the base of a shoot
3. branch, young palm twig
4. (geography) bay, gulf
5. (nautical) part of the prow, to which the foresail is fastened

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰσχᾰ́λη; τῆς μᾰσχᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰσχᾰ́λη hē maskhálē	τὼ μᾰσχᾰ́λᾱ tṑ maskhálā	αἱ μᾰσχᾰ́λαι hai maskhálai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰσχᾰ́λης tês maskhálēs	τοῖν μᾰσχᾰ́λαιν toîn maskhálain	τῶν μᾰσχᾰλῶν tôn maskhalôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰσχᾰ́λῃ têi maskhálēi	τοῖν μᾰσχᾰ́λαιν toîn maskhálain	ταῖς μᾰσχᾰ́λαις taîs maskhálais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰσχᾰ́λην tḕn maskhálēn	τὼ μᾰσχᾰ́λᾱ tṑ maskhálā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰσχᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s maskhálās
Vocative	μᾰσχᾰ́λη maskhálē	μᾰσχᾰ́λᾱ maskhálā	μᾰσχᾰ́λαι maskhálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιμάσχαλος (amphimáskhalos)
• μασχαλιαία (maskhaliaía)
• μασχαλίζω (maskhalízō)
• μασχάλιον (maskhálion)
• μασχαλίς (maskhalís)
• μασχαλίσματα (maskhalísmata)
• μασχαλισμός (maskhalismós)
• μασχαλιστήρ (maskhalistḗr)

 

Descendants

• Greek: μασχάλη (mascháli)

References

• “μασχάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μασχάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μασχάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Alternative forms

• μασκάλη f (maskáli)
• αμασκάλη f (amaskáli)
• αμασχάλη f (amascháli)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈsxali]
• Hyphenation: μα‧σχά‧λη

Noun

μασχάλη • (mascháli) f (plural μασχάλες)

1. (anatomy) armpit, axilla

Declension

Declension of μασχάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	μασχάλη •	μασχάλες •
genitive	μασχάλης •	μασχαλών •
accusative	μασχάλη •	μασχάλες •
vocative	μασχάλη •	μασχάλες •