γαλέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γαλέᾱ (galéā), γαλῆ (galê)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”) and cognate with Latin glīs (“dormouse”), Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”), though the veracity and existence of the Sanskrit comparandum has been contested. According to Beekes, the word originally indicated the skin and later the animal itself.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lé.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈle.i/

Noun

γᾰλέη • (găléē) f (genitive γᾰλέης); first declension

name given to various animals of the Mustelidae family, like martens, weasels and polecats
kind of small fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γᾰλέη; τῆς γᾰλέης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γᾰλέη hē găléē	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ găléā	αἱ γᾰλέαι hai găléai
Genitive	τῆς γᾰλέης tês găléēs	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn găléain	τῶν γᾰλεῶν tôn găleôn
Dative	τῇ γᾰλέῃ tēî găléēi	τοῖν γᾰλέαιν toîn găléain	ταῖς γᾰλέαις taîs găléais
Accusative	τὴν γᾰλέην tḕn găléēn	τὼ γᾰλέᾱ tṑ găléā	τᾱ̀ς γᾰλέᾱς tā̀s găléās
Vocative	γᾰλέη găléē	γᾰλέᾱ găléā	γᾰλέαι găléai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γαλεάγκων (galeánkōn)
γαλεάγρᾱ (galeágrā)
γαλεόβδολον (galeóbdolon)
γαλεός (galeós)
γαλεώτης (galeṓtēs)
γαλήοψις (galḗopsis)
γαλιάω (galiáō)
γαλιδεύς (galideús)
μῡγᾰλέη (mūgăléē)

Descendants

→⇒ English: galeanthropy, galeophobia
→⇒ Translingual: Cheirogaleus, Dasogale, Galidia, Petrogale, Phascogale, Planigale, Spilogale

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γαλέη, γαλῆ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257