σταφυλή

See also: σταφύλι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σταφυλίς (staphulís)

Etymology

Though traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to be stiff; post”) (compare Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”), Old English stæf (“staff”)) via an assumed intermediate sense “stem”, according to Beekes, the word is clearly Pre-Greek, along with the related στέμφυλα (stémphula, “bunch of (pressed) olives or grapes”) and ἀσταφίς (astaphís, “dried grapes”).[1] It must be noted that the usual Avar word for “grape” is цIибил (cʼibil) and is internally derived in Caucasian.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σταφυλή • (staphulḗ) f (genitive σταφυλῆς); first declension

  1. bunch of grapes
  2. (anatomy) uvula
    Synonym: γᾰργᾰρεών (gărgăreṓn)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σταφυλή; τῆς σταφυλῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σταφυλή
hē staphulḗ 		τὼ σταφυλᾱ́
tṑ staphulā́ 		αἱ σταφυλαί
hai staphulaí
Genitive τῆς σταφυλῆς
tês staphulês 		τοῖν σταφυλαῖν
toîn staphulaîn 		τῶν σταφυλῶν
tôn staphulôn
Dative τῇ σταφυλῇ
tēî staphulēî 		τοῖν σταφυλαῖν
toîn staphulaîn 		ταῖς σταφυλαῖς
taîs staphulaîs
Accusative τὴν σταφυλήν
tḕn staphulḗn 		τὼ σταφυλᾱ́
tṑ staphulā́ 		τᾱ̀ς σταφυλᾱ́ς
tā̀s staphulā́s
Vocative σταφυλή
staphulḗ 		σταφυλᾱ́
staphulā́ 		σταφυλαί
staphulaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: σταφύλιον (staphúlion)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σταφυλή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1391–1392
  2. ^ Leschber, Corinna, Bengtson, John D. (2021) “Notes on some Pre-Greek words in relation to Euskaro-Caucasian (North Caucasian + Basque)”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎[1], volume 19, numbers 1–2, →DOI, page 85

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sta.fiˈli/

Noun

σταφυλή • (stafylí) f (plural σταφυλές)

  1. grape
  2. (anatomy) uvula

Declension

Declension of σταφυλή
singular plural
nominative σταφυλή (stafylí) σταφυλές (stafylés)
genitive σταφυλής (stafylís) σταφυλών (stafylón)
accusative σταφυλή (stafylí) σταφυλές (stafylés)
vocative σταφυλή (stafylí) σταφυλές (stafylés)

Synonyms

Further reading

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