ζάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Poetic word without etymology. It has been connected with δίνη (dínē, “whirlpool, eddy”), but this is formally difficult.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdá.lɛː/ → /ˈza.li/ → /ˈza.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdá.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.li/

Noun

ζᾰ́λη • (zálē) f (genitive ζᾰ́λης); first declension

1. squall, storm, downpour

   Synonym: θῠ́ελλᾰ (thúella)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζᾰ́λη; τῆς ζᾰ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζᾰ́λη hē zálē	τὼ ζᾰ́λᾱ tṑ zálā	αἱ ζᾰ́λαι hai zálai
Genitive	τῆς ζᾰ́λης tês zálēs	τοῖν ζᾰ́λαιν toîn zálain	τῶν ζᾰλῶν tôn zalôn
Dative	τῇ ζᾰ́λῃ têi zálēi	τοῖν ζᾰ́λαιν toîn zálain	ταῖς ζᾰ́λαις taîs zálais
Accusative	τὴν ζᾰ́λην tḕn zálēn	τὼ ζᾰ́λᾱ tṑ zálā	τᾱ̀ς ζᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s zálās
Vocative	ζᾰ́λη zálē	ζᾰ́λᾱ zálā	ζᾰ́λαι zálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN