καλύβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καλυβός (kalubós)
• κολυβός (kolubós)

Etymology

Due to the presence of variations, probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/ → /kaˈly.βi/ → /kaˈli.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.vi/

Noun

κᾰλῠ́βη • (kălŭ́bē) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́βης); first declension

1. A hut, a cabin

   Synonym: κλισία (klisía)

2. A bridal bower
3. A sleeping tent on the roof of a house
4. A cover, a screen

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῠ́βη; τῆς κᾰλῠ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῠ́βη hē kălŭ́bē	τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kălŭ́bā	αἱ κᾰλῠ́βαι hai kălŭ́bai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῠ́βης tês kălŭ́bēs	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kălŭ́bain	τῶν κᾰλῠβῶν tôn kălŭbôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῠ́βῃ têi kălŭ́bēi	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kălŭ́bain	ταῖς κᾰλῠ́βαις taîs kălŭ́bais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῠ́βην tḕn kălŭ́bēn	τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kălŭ́bā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῠ́βᾱς tā̀s kălŭ́bās
Vocative	κᾰλῠ́βη kălŭ́bē	κᾰλῠ́βᾱ kălŭ́bā	κᾰλῠ́βαι kălŭ́bai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλυβεύς (kalubeús)
• καλύβιον (kalúbion)
• καλυβίτης (kalubítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: καλύβα f (kalýva, “hut”)

Further reading

• “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καλύβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cabin idem, page 108.
  • hovel idem, page 408.
  • hut idem, page 412.
  • shanty idem, page 762.
  • shed idem, page 763.
• 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

Greek

Noun

καλύβη • (kalývi) f (plural καλύβες)

1. alternative form of καλύβα (kalýva)

Declension

Declension of καλύβη

	singular	plural
nominative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)
genitive	καλύβης (kalývis)	καλυβών (kalyvón)
accusative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)
vocative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)