χάλαζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlh₂-d- (hail; hoarfrost) and cognate with Polish żłód (glaze, hoarfrost). It is also a cognate of Persian ژاله zhāla ("hail").[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰ́λαζᾰ (khálaza) f (genitive χᾰλάζης); first declension

  1. hail, sleet
  2. pimple, tubercle
  3. knot, lump

Inflection

Derived terms

  • χαλαζάω (khalazáō)
  • χαλαζήεις (khalazḗeis)
  • χαλάζιον (khalázion)
  • χαλάζιος (khalázios)
  • χαλαζώδης (khalazṓdēs)

References

  1. Austin, The. 2018. " Indo-European Lexicon: PIE Etymon And IE Reflexes ". Lrc.La.Utexas.Edu. Accessed December 22 2018. .

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