φάλαινα

Greek

Alternative forms

• φάλλαινα f (fállaina)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma), Old English blōstm, blæd (“leaf”) (English blossom, blade) and Sanskrit फुलम् (phulam).

Noun

φάλαινα • (fálaina) f (plural φάλαινες)

1. whale
2. (figuratively, derogatory) fat woman, landwhale

Declension

declension of φάλαινα

	singular	plural
nominative	φάλαινα •	φάλαινες •
genitive	φάλαινας •	φαλαινών •
accusative	φάλαινα •	φάλαινες •
vocative	φάλαινα •	φάλαινες •

Coordinate terms

• see: κητώδη n pl (kitódi, “cetacea”)

Further reading

• φάλαινα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el