κανδήλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κανδήλα (kandḗla), κανδῆλα (kandêla), κανδέλα (kandéla), καντῆλα (kantêla), καντήλα (kantḗla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla (“a light made of wax or tallow”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kan.dɛ̌ː.lɛː/ → /kanˈdi.li/ → /kanˈdi.li/

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

Noun

κανδήλη • (kandḗlē) f (genitive κανδήλης); first declension

1. oil lamp

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰνδήλη; τῆς κᾰνδήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰνδήλη hē kandḗlē	τὼ κᾰνδήλᾱ tṑ kandḗlā	αἱ κᾰνδῆλαι hai kandêlai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰνδήλης tês kandḗlēs	τοῖν κᾰνδήλαιν toîn kandḗlain	τῶν κᾰνδηλῶν tôn kandēlôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰνδήλῃ têi kandḗlēi	τοῖν κᾰνδήλαιν toîn kandḗlain	ταῖς κᾰνδήλαις taîs kandḗlais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰνδήλην tḕn kandḗlēn	τὼ κᾰνδήλᾱ tṑ kandḗlā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰνδήλᾱς tā̀s kandḗlās
Vocative	κᾰνδήλη kandḗlē	κᾰνδήλᾱ kandḗlā	κᾰνδῆλαι kandêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καντήλα (kantíla)
  • → Aromanian: cãndilã
  • → Romanian: candelă
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܢܕܝܠܐ, ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlāʾ)
  • → Arabic: قِنْدِيل (qindīl), قَنْدِيل (qandīl) (see there for further descendants)
• → Georgian: კანდელი (ḳandeli)
  • → Laz: კანდელი (ǩandeli)
• → Old Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʻeł) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old East Slavic: кандило (kandilo)
  • Russian: канди́ло (kandílo), канде́ль (kandélʹ)
• → Old Church Slavonic: канъдило (kanŭdilo)
  • → Macedonian: кандило (kandilo)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кандило

    Latin script: kandilo