βλάβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βλάβος (blábos)

Etymology

A nominal formation in βλαβ- (blab-), perhaps from an assimilation of an earlier form *βλαπ- (*blap-), based on evidence from Cretan forms (ἀβλοπής (ablopḗs) for ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs) and ἀβλοπία (ablopía) for ἀβλαβεία (ablabeía)). This form is traditionally compared with Latin mulcō (“I beat, maltreat”), mulceō (“I stroke”), Sanskrit मृच् (mṛc, “to threaten, injure”), मर्चयति (marcayati, “to hurt, injure”), with a hypothetical ancestor reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *melkʷ- (“to stroke, hit”), though the interchanges α/ο and β/π in the word's variants lead Beekes to suspect a Pre-Greek origin instead. See also βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “slanderous, blasphemous”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλᾰ́βη • (blắbē) f (genitive βλᾰ́βης); first declension

  1. hurt, harm, damage, mischief
    Synonym: βλᾰ́μμᾰ (blắmmă)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλᾰ́βη; τῆς βλᾰ́βης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰ́βη
hē blắbē 		τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blắbā 		αἱ βλᾰ́βαι
hai blắbai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰ́βης
tês blắbēs 		τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blắbain 		τῶν βλᾰβῶν
tôn blăbôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰ́βῃ
tēî blắbēi 		τοῖν βλᾰ́βαιν
toîn blắbain 		ταῖς βλᾰ́βαις
taîs blắbais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰ́βην
tḕn blắbēn 		τὼ βλᾰ́βᾱ
tṑ blắbā 		τᾱ̀ς βλᾰ́βᾱς
tā̀s blắbās
Vocative βλᾰ́βη
blắbē 		βλᾰ́βᾱ
blắbā 		βλᾰ́βαι
blắbai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀβλαβής (ablabḗs)
  • βλαβεραυγής (blaberaugḗs)
  • βλαβερός (blaberós)
  • βλαβόεις (blabóeis)
  • βλαβοποιέω (blabopoiéō)
  • βλαβοποιός (blabopoiós)

Descendants

  • Greek: βλάβη (vlávi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βλάβη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλάβη (blábē).

Pronunciation

Noun

βλάβη • (vlávi) f (plural βλάβες)

  1. damage, detriment, harm

Declension

Declension of βλάβη
singular plural
nominative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)
genitive βλάβης (vlávis) βλαβών (vlavón)
accusative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)
vocative βλάβη (vlávi) βλάβες (vláves)

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