καλύβη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- καλυβός (kalubós)
- κολυβός (kolubós)
Etymology
Due to the presence of variations, probably from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈly.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈly.βi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈly.vi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈli.vi/
Noun
κᾰλῠ́βη • (kălŭ́bē) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́βης); first declension
- A hut, a cabin
- Synonym: κλισία (klisía)
- A bridal bower
- A sleeping tent on the roof of a house
- A cover, a screen
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰλῠ́βη hē kălŭ́bē |
τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kălŭ́bā |
αἱ κᾰλῠ́βαι hai kălŭ́bai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰλῠ́βης tês kălŭ́bēs |
τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kălŭ́bain |
τῶν κᾰλῠβῶν tôn kălŭbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰλῠ́βῃ tēî kălŭ́bēi |
τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kălŭ́bain |
ταῖς κᾰλῠ́βαις taîs kălŭ́bais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰλῠ́βην tḕn kălŭ́bēn |
τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kălŭ́bā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῠ́βᾱς tā̀s kălŭ́bās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλῠ́βη kălŭ́bē |
κᾰλῠ́βᾱ kălŭ́bā |
κᾰλῠ́βαι kălŭ́bai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καλυβεύς (kalubeús)
- καλύβιον (kalúbion)
- καλυβίτης (kalubítēs)
Descendants
- Greek: καλύβα f (kalýva, “hut”)
Further reading
- “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καλύβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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
Greek
Noun
καλύβη • (kalývi) f (plural καλύβες)
- alternative form of καλύβα (kalýva)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | καλύβη (kalývi) | καλύβες (kalýves) |
| genitive | καλύβης (kalývis) | καλυβών (kalyvón) |
| accusative | καλύβη (kalývi) | καλύβες (kalýves) |
| vocative | καλύβη (kalývi) | καλύβες (kalýves) |