πέλεκυς

Greek

From Ancient Greek, further origins uncertain. Possibly of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with German Beil (“axe”) and Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “axe”), or via Finno-Ugric from a Turkic language; see Hungarian and Turkish balta, both meaning 'axe.'

πέλεκυς • (pélekys) m (plural πελέκεις)

declension of πέλεκυς

	singular	plural
nominative	πέλεκυς •	πελέκεις •
genitive	πέλεκεως •	πελέκεων •
accusative	πέλεκει •	πελέκεις •
vocative	πέλεκυν •	πελέκεις •
there is an alternative genitive singular: πελέκεως

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