κίχλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῐ́χλη • (kĭ́khlē) f (genitive κῐ́χλης); first declension

  1. thrush (bird)
  2. wrasse

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῐ́χλη; τῆς κῐ́χλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κῐ́χλη
hē kĭ́khlē 		τὼ κῐ́χλᾱ
tṑ kĭ́khlā 		αἱ κῐ́χλαι
hai kĭ́khlai
Genitive τῆς κῐ́χλης
tês kĭ́khlēs 		τοῖν κῐ́χλαιν
toîn kĭ́khlain 		τῶν κῐχλῶν
tôn kĭkhlôn
Dative τῇ κῐ́χλῃ
tēî kĭ́khlēi 		τοῖν κῐ́χλαιν
toîn kĭ́khlain 		ταῖς κῐ́χλαις
taîs kĭ́khlais
Accusative τὴν κῐ́χλην
tḕn kĭ́khlēn 		τὼ κῐ́χλᾱ
tṑ kĭ́khlā 		τᾱ̀ς κῐ́χλᾱς
tā̀s kĭ́khlās
Vocative κῐ́χλη
kĭ́khlē 		κῐ́χλᾱ
kĭ́khlā 		κῐ́χλαι
kĭ́khlai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → New Latin: Cichla (learned)
    • ⇒ New Latin: Cichlidae
      • → English: cichlid (learned)
      • → French: cichlidé (learned)
      • → Swedish: ciklid (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίχλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 706

Further reading

  • “κίχλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κίχλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κίχλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κίχλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κίχλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κίχλη (kíkhlē, “thrush”).

Noun

κίχλη • (kíchli) f (plural κίχλες)

  1. Turdus philomelos: song thrush

Declension

Declension of κίχλη
singular plural
nominative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)
genitive κίχλης (kíchlis) κιχλών (kichlón)
accusative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)
vocative κίχλη (kíchli) κίχλες (kíchles)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • see: τσίχλα f (tsíchla, “thrush”) for other thrushes

Further reading

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