πάλη

See also: πάλι

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From παλαίω (palaíō, “to wrestle”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.lɛː/ → /ˈpa.li/ → /ˈpa.li/

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

Noun

πᾰ́λη • (pálē) f (genitive πᾰ́λης); first declension

1. wrestling, fight

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰ́λη hē pálē	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	αἱ πᾰ́λαι hai pálai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰ́λης tês pálēs	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	τῶν πᾰλῶν tôn palôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰ́λῃ têi pálēi	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	ταῖς πᾰ́λαις taîs pálais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰ́λην tḕn pálēn	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s pálās
Vocative	πᾰ́λη pálē	πᾰ́λᾱ pálā	πᾰ́λαι pálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀντίπαλος (antípalos)
• διαπάλη (diapálē)
• δυσπαλής (duspalḗs)
• εὐπαλής (eupalḗs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πάλη (páli)

Etymology 2

Has been derived from πάλλω (pállō, “to swing, rock”), which is conceivable but not compelling. Alternatively, it can be connected to Latin pollen (“fine flour”) and puls (“meal, porridge”), all from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.lɛː/ → /ˈpa.li/ → /ˈpa.li/

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

Noun

πᾰ́λη • (pálē) f (genitive πᾰ́λης); first declension

1. finest meal, flour
2. any fine dust

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰ́λη; τῆς πᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰ́λη hē pálē	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	αἱ πᾰ́λαι hai pálai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰ́λης tês pálēs	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	τῶν πᾰλῶν tôn palôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰ́λῃ têi pálēi	τοῖν πᾰ́λαιν toîn pálain	ταῖς πᾰ́λαις taîs pálais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰ́λην tḕn pálēn	τὼ πᾰ́λᾱ tṑ pálā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s pálās
Vocative	πᾰ́λη pálē	πᾰ́λᾱ pálā	πᾰ́λαι pálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πάλημα (pálēma)
• παλημάτιον (palēmátion)

 

References

• “πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάλη 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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpali]

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• Homophone: πάλι (páli)
• Hyphenation: πά‧λη

Noun

πάλη • (páli) f (plural πάλες)

1. wrestling
2. fight, struggle

Declension

Declension of πάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	πάλη •	πάλες •
genitive	πάλης •	παλών •
accusative	πάλη •	πάλες •
vocative	πάλη •	πάλες •