Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /kak̚káβi/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kak̚kávi/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kakávi/

Alternative forms

• κάκκαβος ‎(kákkabos)
• κακάβη ‎(kakábē)
• κάκαβος ‎(kákabos)

Noun

κακκάβη • ‎(kakkábē) f ‎(genitive κακκάβης); first declension

1. three legged pot

Inflection

Etymology 2

Noun

κακκάβη • ‎(kakkábē) f ‎(genitive κακκάβης); first declension

1. partridge

Inflection

Synonyms

• (partridge): πέρδιξ ‎(pérdix)

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܩܩܒܐ ‎(qaqqəḇāʼ), ܩܩܒܢܐ ‎(qaqqəḇānāʼ)
  • Old Armenian: կաքաւ ‎(kakʿaw)
    • Armenian: կաքավ ‎(kakʿav)
• Georgian: კაკაბი ‎(ḳaḳabi) (possibly)
  • → Bats: კაკაბ ‎(ḳaḳab)

References

• κακκάβη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «κακκάβη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• LSJ 8th edition