μάλη

Ancient Greek

Unknown. It does not seem probable that this word is a shortened form of μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”).

μᾰ́λη • (mắlē) f (genitive μᾰ́λης); first declension

The word is used almost only in the expression ὑπὸ μάλης (hupò málēs, “under the armpit, secretly”).

First declension of ἡ μᾰ́λη; τῆς μᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́λη hē mắlē	τὼ μᾰ́λᾱ tṑ mắlā	αἱ μᾰ́λαι hai mắlai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰ́λης tês mắlēs	τοῖν μᾰ́λαιν toîn mắlain	τῶν μᾰλῶν tôn mălôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰ́λῃ tēî mắlēi	τοῖν μᾰ́λαιν toîn mắlain	ταῖς μᾰ́λαις taîs mắlais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́λην tḕn mắlēn	τὼ μᾰ́λᾱ tṑ mắlā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s mắlās
Vocative	μᾰ́λη mắlē	μᾰ́λᾱ mắlā	μᾰ́λαι mắlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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