μάχαιρα

See also μαχαίρα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /mákʰa͜ɪra/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /mákʰɛːra/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /máxera/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /máçera/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /máçeɾa/

Noun

μάχαιρα (genitive μαχαίρας) f, first declension; (makhaira)

1. large knife, short sword, dirk, dagger

Usage notes

Later Greek used μαχαίρης and μαχαίρῃ for the singular genitive and dative respectively.

Inflection

First declension of μάχαιρᾰ, μᾰχαίρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μάχαιρᾰ	τὼ μᾰχαίρᾱ	αἱ μάχαιραι
Genitive	τῆς μᾰχαίρᾱς	τοῖν μᾰχαίραιν	τῶν μᾰχαιρῶν
Dative	τῇ μᾰχαίρᾳ	τοῖν μᾰχαίραιν	ταῖς μᾰχαίραις
Accusative	τὴν μάχαιρᾰν	τὼ μᾰχαίρᾱ	τὰς μᾰχαίρᾱς
Vocative	μάχαιρᾰ	μᾰχαίρᾱ	μάχαιραι

Descendants

• μαχαίρα f (machaíra, “large knife”)

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3162

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Greek

Noun

μάχαιρα (máchaira) f,   uncountable

1. sword used by the ancient Greeks

Declension

    declension of μάχαιρα

	singular (ενικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	μάχαιρα
genitive (γενική)	μάχαιρας
accusative (αιτιατική)	μάχαιρα
vocative (κλητική)	μάχαιρα