καλιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καλιή (kaliḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Unknown. Etymological connection with καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”) is extremely doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.liː.ǎː/ → /ka.liˈa/ → /ka.liˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.liː.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈa/

Noun

κᾰλῑᾱ́ • (kalīā́) f (genitive κᾰλῑᾶς); first declension

1. wooden dwelling, hut
2. barn, granary
3. bird's nest
4. shrine or grotto containing the image of a god

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́; τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῑᾱ́ hē kalīā́	τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kalīā́	αἱ κᾰλῑαί hai kalīaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῑᾶς tês kalīâs	τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kalīaîn	τῶν κᾰλῑῶν tôn kalīôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῑᾷ têi kalīâi	τοῖν κᾰλῑαῖν toîn kalīaîn	ταῖς κᾰλῑαῖς taîs kalīaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῑᾱ́ν tḕn kalīā́n	τὼ κᾰλῑᾱ́ tṑ kalīā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῑᾱ́ς tā̀s kalīā́s
Vocative	κᾰλῑᾱ́ kalīā́	κᾰλῑᾱ́ kalīā́	κᾰλῑαί kalīaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλῑάδιον (kalīádion)
• καλῑάς (kalīás)

 

Further reading

• “καλιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καλιά 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