φάλλαινα

Ancient Greek

May be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”).^[1] See φαλλός (phallós).

φάλλαινᾰ • (phállaina) f (genitive φαλλαίνης); first declension

Not to be confused with φάλαινᾰ (phálaina, “moth”).

First declension of ἡ φάλλαινᾰ; τῆς φαλλαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φάλλαινᾰ hē phállaina	αἱ φάλλαιναι hai phállainai
Genitive	τῆς φαλλαίνης tês phallaínēs	τῶν φαλλαινῶν tôn phallainôn
Dative	τῇ φαλλαίνῃ têi phallaínēi	ταῖς φαλλαίναις taîs phallaínais
Accusative	τὴν φάλλαινᾰν tḕn phállainan	τᾱ̀ς φαλλαίνᾱς tā̀s phallaínās
Vocative	φάλλαινᾰ phállaina	φάλλαιναι phállainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 120

φάλλαινα • (fállaina) f (plural φάλλαινες)

declension of φάλλαινα

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