κόγχη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Pre-Greek, especially in view of the cluster -γχ- (-nkh-), which points to prenasalization in Pre-Greek terms. Compare καγκύλας (kankúlas, “mussel”) and κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral conch, snail”), which both exhibit conclusively Pre-Greek variation.
Possibly related to Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkhá-, “conch, mussel”), but not by common inheritance from Proto-Indo-European.[1] Doublet of κόγχος (kónkhos).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kóŋ.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkoŋ.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkoɲ.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkoɲ.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkoɲ.çi/
Noun edit
κόγχη • (kónkhē) f (genitive κόγχης); first declension
- mussel, cockle
- shell-full
- anything like a mussel shell, especially a shell-like cavity in the body:
- case around a seal attached to documents
- niche for a statue; apse
- (geometry) fourth part of a sphere
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κόγχη hē kónkhē |
τὼ κόγχᾱ tṑ kónkhā |
αἱ κόγχαι hai kónkhai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κόγχης tês kónkhēs |
τοῖν κόγχαιν toîn kónkhain |
τῶν κογχῶν tôn konkhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κόγχῃ têi kónkhēi |
τοῖν κόγχαιν toîn kónkhain |
ταῖς κόγχαις taîs kónkhais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κόγχην tḕn kónkhēn |
τὼ κόγχᾱ tṑ kónkhā |
τᾱ̀ς κόγχᾱς tā̀s kónkhās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόγχη kónkhē |
κόγχᾱ kónkhā |
κόγχαι kónkhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- κόγξ (kónx)
- κογχογενής (konkhogenḗs)
- κογχοειδής (konkhoeidḗs)
- κογχοθήρᾱς (konkhothḗrās)
- κογχώδης (konkhṓdēs)
- κογχωτός (konkhōtós)
- κογχᾰλῐ́ζω (konkhalízō)
- κογχᾰ́ρῐον (konkhárion)
- κογχῐ́ζω (konkhízō)
- κογχῐ́ον (konkhíon)
- κογχῑ́της (konkhī́tēs)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Latin: concha (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “κόγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόγχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 728
Further reading edit
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN