φάλαινα

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Greek

Alternative forms

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Georgacas, Demetrius J. (1978) “Turkish Common Names of Aquatic Animals (and Congeners) and Fishing Terms of Greek Origin”, in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo‎[1], volume 20, Pisa: Giardini, § 152, page 134 of 119–145, additionally records the dialectal forms fályna in Skiathos and fályena in Chios
  2. ^ Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎[2] (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 556, page 132

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