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μάλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάλη

Structure: μαλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the arm-pit, under the arm, underhand, secretly

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μάλη μάλᾱ μάλαι
Genitive μάλης μάλαιν μαλῶν
Dative μάλῃ μάλαιν μάλαις
Accusative μάλην μάλᾱ μάλᾱς
Vocative μάλη μάλᾱ μάλαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τῷ Σαλπαὰδ υἱῷ Ὀφὲρ οὐκ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ υἱοί, ἀλλ’ ἢ θυγατέρεσ, καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν θυγατέρων Σαλπαάδ. Μαλὰ καὶ Νουὰ καὶ Ἐγλὰ καὶ Μελχὰ καὶ Θερσά. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 26:37)
  • καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτὴν ὁ βασιλεύσ. τί ἐστί σοι̣ ἡ δὲ εἶπε. καὶ μάλα γυνὴ χήρα ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀνήρ μου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 14:5)
  • καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωνάθαν καὶ εἶπε. καὶ μάλα ὁ κύριοσ ἡμῶν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσε τὸν Σαλωμών. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 1:43)
  • καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ Γιεζί. τί δεῖ ποιῆσαι αὐτῇ̣ καὶ εἶπε Γιεζὶ τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ. καὶ μάλα υἱὸσ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῇ, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆσ πρεσβύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:14)
  • καὶ τοῖσ περὶ Τιμόθεον καὶ Βακχίδην συνερίσαντεσ ὑπὲρ τοὺσ δισμυρίουσ αὐτῶν ἀνεῖλον καὶ ὀχυρωμάτων ὑψηλῶν εὖ μάλα ἐγκρατεῖσ ἐγένοντο καὶ λάφυρα πλεῖστα ἐμερίσαντο ἰσομοίρουσ ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ τοῖσ ᾐκισμένοισ καὶ ὀρφανοῖσ καὶ χήραισ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ ποιήσαντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 8:30)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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