μαστίχη

Ancient Greek

From μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I chew”).

μαστίχη • (mastíkhē) f (genitive μαστίχης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μαστίχη hē mastíkhē	τὼ μαστίχᾱ tṑ mastíkhā	αἱ μαστίχαι hai mastíkhai
Genitive	τῆς μαστίχης tês mastíkhēs	τοῖν μαστίχαιν toîn mastíkhain	τῶν μαστιχῶν tôn mastikhôn
Dative	τῇ μαστίχῃ têi mastíkhēi	τοῖν μαστίχαιν toîn mastíkhain	ταῖς μαστίχαις taîs mastíkhais
Accusative	τὴν μαστίχην tḕn mastíkhēn	τὼ μαστίχᾱ tṑ mastíkhā	τᾱ̀ς μαστίχᾱς tā̀s mastíkhās
Vocative	μαστίχη mastíkhē	μαστίχᾱ mastíkhā	μαστίχαι mastíkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: μαστίχα (mastícha)
→ Arabic: مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā), مُصْطَكَاء (muṣṭakāʔ), مُصْطَكِيّ (muṣṭakiyy); مِسْتَكَة (mistaka), مِسْتَكِيّ (mistakiyy), مَسْتِيك (mastīk) — more dialectal
- → Azerbaijani: mastika
- → Egyptian Arabic: مستيكة (mastika)
- → Persian: مصطکی (mastaki)
- → Moroccan Arabic: مسكة (maska)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ماستقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستیقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستكی (masteki)
  - Turkish: mastika
→ Hebrew: מַסְטִיק (mástik), מַסְטִיקָא (mastíka)
→ Latin: mastiche
- Old French: mastic
  - → Middle English: mastik, mastyk, masstyk, mastykk, mastike, mastic, mastix
    - English: mastic