ἀδελφή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀδελφεά (Doric)
• ἀδελφειή (Homeric)
• ἀδελφεή (Ionic)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /adelpʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /adɛlpʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /aðelɸí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /aðelfí/

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

Etymology

Feminine form of ἀδελφός "brother"

Noun

ἀδελφή (genitive ἀδελφῆς) f, first declension; (adelphē)

1. sister
2. some other female relation, such as wife or cousin

Inflection

First declension of ἀδελφή, ἀδελφῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀδελφή	τὼ ἀδελφά	αἱ ἀδελφαί
Genitive	τῆς ἀδελφῆς	τοῖν ἀδελφαῖν	τῶν ἀδελφῶν
Dative	τῇ ἀδελφῇ	τοῖν ἀδελφαῖν	ταῖς ἀδελφαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ἀδελφήν	τὼ ἀδελφά	τὰς ἀδελφάς
Vocative	ἀδελφή	ἀδελφά	ἀδελφαί

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G79