φάλαινα

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma), Old English blōstm, blæd (“leaf”) (English blossom, blade) and Sanskrit फुलम् (phulam).

Noun

φάλαινα • (fálaina) f (plural φάλαινες)

  1. whale
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) fat woman, landwhale

Declension
declension of φάλαινα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •
genitive φάλαινας • φαλαινών •
accusative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •
vocative φάλαινα • φάλαινες •

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References
  1. Georgacas, Demetrius J. (1978), “Turkish Common Names of Aquatic Animals (and Congeners) and Fishing Terms of Greek Origin”, in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo‎, volume 20, Pisa: Giardini, § 152, page 134 of 119–145, additionally records the dialectal forms fályna in Skiathos and fályena in Chios
  2. Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎ (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 556, page 132

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