πάρδαλις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πόρδαλις (pórdalis)

Etymology

Borrowed from a foreign eastern language. Compare various Indo-Iranian terms like Sogdian 𐼾𐼴𐽀𐼹𐼻𐼸 (pwrδnk), Bactrian πορλαγγο-ζινο (porlango-zino), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng), Persian پلنگ (palang), and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛ́dāku). See also πάνθηρ (pánthēr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς • (pắrdălĭs) f (genitive πᾰρδᾰ́λεως); third declension

  1. leopard
  2. panther

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς; τῆς πᾰρδᾰ́λεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς
hē pắrdălĭs 		τὼ πᾰρδᾰ́λει
tṑ părdắlei 		αἱ πᾰρδᾰ́λεις
hai părdắleis
Genitive τῆς πᾰρδᾰ́λεως
tês părdắleōs 		τοῖν πᾰρδᾰλέοιν
toîn părdăléoin 		τῶν πᾰρδᾰ́λεων
tôn părdắleōn
Dative τῇ πᾰρδᾰ́λει
tēî părdắlei 		τοῖν πᾰρδᾰλέοιν
toîn părdăléoin 		ταῖς πᾰρδᾰ́λεσῐ / πᾰρδᾰ́λεσῐν
taîs părdắlesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐν
tḕn pắrdălĭn 		τὼ πᾰρδᾰ́λει
tṑ părdắlei 		τᾱ̀ς πᾰρδᾰ́λεις
tā̀s părdắleis
Vocative πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐ
pắrdălĭ 		πᾰρδᾰ́λει
părdắlei 		πᾰρδᾰ́λεις
părdắleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲇⲁⲗⲓⲥ (pardalis)
  • → Hebrew: ברדלס
  • → Latin: pardalis
  • ⇒ Greek: παρδαλός (pardalós)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάρδαλις, -ιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1152

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