μάλκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A convincing explanation is still lacking. There have been attempts to connect this word with Lithuanian mùlkis (“blockhead”), Proto-Slavic *mьlčati (“to be silent”) and other words of doubtful origin. The connection with Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) is unconvincing. According to Beekes, maybe from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mál.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ke/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ki/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ci/

Noun

μάλκη • (málkē) f (genitive μάλκης); first declension

numbness from cold, especially in hands and feet
(pathology) chilblain

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μάλκη; τῆς μάλκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μάλκη hē málkē	τὼ μάλκᾱ tṑ málkā	αἱ μάλκαι hai málkai
Genitive	τῆς μάλκης tês málkēs	τοῖν μάλκαιν toîn málkain	τῶν μαλκῶν tôn malkôn
Dative	τῇ μάλκῃ têi málkēi	τοῖν μάλκαιν toîn málkain	ταῖς μάλκαις taîs málkais
Accusative	τὴν μάλκην tḕn málkēn	τὼ μάλκᾱ tṑ málkā	τᾱ̀ς μάλκᾱς tā̀s málkās
Vocative	μάλκη málkē	μάλκᾱ málkā	μάλκαι málkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μάλκιον (málkion)
μαλκίω (malkíō)

References

μάλκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μάλκη 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

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