μαλάχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μολόχη (molókhē), μολάχη (molákhē)
  • μάλβακα (málbaka) (acc.sg.)

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely related to or the sources of Latin malva, Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba). Suggested to be from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”), Aramaic מַלוּחָא / ܡܲܠܘܼܚܵܐ (mallūḥā, “saltbush”), Arabic مُلَّاح (mullāḥ, “seepweed”), however these are of the Amaranthaceae family instead of the Malvaceae and have been pointed towards without acquaintance with the Armenian and Georgian.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μαλάχη • (malákhē) f (genitive μαλάχης); first declension

  1. mallow

Declension

First declension of ἡ μαλάχη; τῆς μαλάχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μαλάχη
hē malákhē 		τὼ μαλάχᾱ
tṑ malákhā 		αἱ μαλάχαι
hai malákhai
Genitive τῆς μαλάχης
tês malákhēs 		τοῖν μαλάχαιν
toîn malákhain 		τῶν μαλαχῶν
tôn malakhôn
Dative τῇ μαλάχῃ
tēî malákhēi 		τοῖν μαλάχαιν
toîn malákhain 		ταῖς μαλάχαις
taîs malákhais
Accusative τὴν μαλάχην
tḕn malákhēn 		τὼ μαλάχᾱ
tṑ malákhā 		τᾱ̀ς μαλάχᾱς
tā̀s malákhās
Vocative μαλάχη
malákhē 		μαλάχᾱ
malákhā 		μαλάχαι
malákhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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