kelih

Old High German

Alternative forms

• kelh, kelich

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalik.

Noun

kelih m

1. chalice

Descendants

• Middle High German: kelich, kelch
  • Cimbrian: khèlch
  • German: Kelch
    • → English: kelch, Kelch
  • → Czech: kalich
  • → Polish: kielich
    • → Belarusian: ке́ліх (kjélix)
    • → Ukrainian: ке́лих (kélyx), ке́лех (kélex)
  • → Slovak: kalich
  • → Slovene: kẹ́lih

Slovene

Etymology

From Old High German kelih, from Latin calix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kèːlix/

Noun

kẹ́lih m inan

1. chalice

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kélih
gen. sing.	kéliha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kélih	kéliha	kélihi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kéliha	kélihov	kélihov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kélihu	kélihoma	kélihom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kélih	kéliha	kélihe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kélihu	kélihih	kélihih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kélihom	kélihoma	kélihi

Further reading

• “kelih”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kelih”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references