παλλακή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

παλλακίς (pallakís)

Etymology

The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix "-ακ-". Similarly, Levin regards Latin paelex (“mistress”) as a loanword from a Mediterranean language, maybe a Semitic one, in view of Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ‎ (pilegesh, “concubine”). The remaining connections that have been proposed, particularly those with Old Irish airech (“concubine”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁‎ (pairikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), Middle Persian [Term?] (/parīg/), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik)) should all be dismissed for formal or semantic reasons.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pal.la.kɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pal.laˈke/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pal.laˈki/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pal.laˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈci/

Noun

παλλᾰκή • (pallakḗ) f (genitive παλλᾰκῆς); first declension

concubine, young girl

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παλλᾰκή; τῆς παλλᾰκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παλλᾰκή hē pallakḗ	τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́ tṑ pallakā́	αἱ παλλᾰκαί hai pallakaí
Genitive	τῆς παλλᾰκῆς tês pallakês	τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν toîn pallakaîn	τῶν παλλᾰκῶν tôn pallakôn
Dative	τῇ παλλᾰκῇ têi pallakêi	τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν toîn pallakaîn	ταῖς παλλᾰκαῖς taîs pallakaîs
Accusative	τὴν παλλᾰκήν tḕn pallakḗn	τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́ tṑ pallakā́	τᾱ̀ς παλλᾰκᾱ́ς tā̀s pallakā́s
Vocative	παλλᾰκή pallakḗ	παλλᾰκᾱ́ pallakā́	παλλᾰκαί pallakaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

παλλακεία (pallakeía)
παλλακεύω (pallakeúō)
παλλακίδιον (pallakídion)
παλλάκιον (pallákion)
παλλακός (pallakós)
παλλακῖνος (pallakînos)

Descendants

→ Latin: pallaca