κρέμβαλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κρέμβαλον (krémbalon)

Etymology

The suffix -αλ- is found also in κρόταλον (krótalon), ῥόπαλον (rhópalon) and other loanwords. Connection with Latin crepō (“to rattle, creak”), Lithuanian skrebeti (“to rustle”) and Russian кропота́ть (kropotátʹ, “to grumble”) is impossible, as Greek "β" cannot be due to the proceeding nasal. This nasal rather points to a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krém.ba.la/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkrem.ba.la/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrem.ba.la/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkrem.ba.la/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkrem.ba.la/

Noun

κρέμβᾰλα • (krémbala) n pl (genitive κρεμβᾰ́λων); second declension

castanets, clappers
Synonym: κρόταλον (krótalon)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κρέμβᾰλᾰ; τῶν κρεμβᾰ́λων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κρέμβᾰλᾰ tà krémbala
Genitive	τῶν κρεμβᾰ́λων tôn krembálōn
Dative	τοῖς κρεμβᾰ́λοις toîs krembálois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κρέμβᾰλᾰ tà krémbala
Vocative	κρέμβᾰλᾰ krémbala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κρεμβαλιάζω (krembaliázō)
κρεμβαλιαστύς (krembaliastús)

“κρέμβαλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κρέμβαλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κρέμβαλα 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