χαλβάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֶלְבְּנָה (ḥɛlbənɔ̂), from the root ח־ל־ב (ḥ-l-b) related to milk, from Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb- (“milk; fat”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰλβᾰ́νη • (khălbắnē) f (genitive χᾰλβᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. galbanum, the resinous juice produced by plants of the genus Ferula

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη; τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χᾰλβᾰ́νη
hē khălbắnē 		τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khălbắnā 		αἱ χᾰλβᾰ́ναι
hai khălbắnai
Genitive τῆς χᾰλβᾰ́νης
tês khălbắnēs 		τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν
toîn khălbắnain 		τῶν χᾰλβᾰνῶν
tôn khălbănôn
Dative τῇ χᾰλβᾰ́νῃ
tēî khălbắnēi 		τοῖν χᾰλβᾰ́ναιν
toîn khălbắnain 		ταῖς χᾰλβᾰ́ναις
taîs khălbắnais
Accusative τὴν χᾰλβᾰ́νην
tḕn khălbắnēn 		τὼ χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
tṑ khălbắnā 		τᾱ̀ς χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱς
tā̀s khălbắnās
Vocative χᾰλβᾰ́νη
khălbắnē 		χᾰλβᾰ́νᾱ
khălbắnā 		χᾰλβᾰ́ναι
khălbắnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • χαλβανίς (khalbanís)
  • χαλβανόεις (khalbanóeis)

Descendants

  • → Latin: galbanum
  • → Old Armenian: քաղբան (kʻałban)
  • → Old Georgian: ქალბანაჲ (kalbanay), ქალბანჱ (kalbanē)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χαλβάνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1609

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