βλάβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Considering Cretan forms (ἀβλοπής (ablopḗs) for ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs) and ἀβλοπία (ablopía) for ἀβλαβεία (ablabeía)) βλαβ- perhaps resulted from βλαπ- by assimilation, but the interchanges α/ο and β/π are typical of Pre-Greek. See also βλάσφημος (blásphēmos), Latin mulcō (“I beat, maltreat”), Sanskrit मृच् (mṛc, “threatening or injury”) and मर्चयति (marcayati, “to hurt, injure”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλᾰ́βη • (blắbē) f (genitive βλᾰ́βης); first declension

  1. hurt, harm, damage, mischief
    Synonym: βλᾰ́μμᾰ (blắmmă)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλᾰ́βη; τῆς βλᾰ́βης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰ́βη
hē blắbē 		τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blắbā 		αἱ βλᾰ́βαι
hai blắbai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰ́βης
tês blắbēs 		τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blắbain 		τῶν βλᾰβῶν
tôn blăbôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰ́βῃ
tēî blắbēi 		τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blắbain 		ταῖς βλᾰ́βαις
taîs blắbais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰ́βην
tḕn blắbēn 		τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blắbā 		τᾱ̀ς βλᾰ́βᾱς
tā̀s blắbās
Vocative βλᾰ́βη
blắbē 		βλᾰ́βᾱ
blắbā 		βλᾰ́βαι
blắbai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs)
  • βλαβεραυγής (blaberaugḗs)
  • βλαβερός (blaberós)
  • βλαβόεις (blabóeis)

Descendants

  • Greek: βλάβη (vlávi)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλάβη (blábē).

Noun

βλάβη • (vlávi) f (plural βλάβες)

  1. damage, detriment, harm

Declension

Declension of βλάβη
singular plural
nominative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)
genitive βλάβης (vlávis) βλαβών (vlavón)
accusative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)
vocative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)

Further reading

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