γάλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Belardi, the word is from the Mediterranean substrate; compare Italian galestro (“marl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/ → /ˈɣa.las/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.las/

Noun

γάλας • (gálas)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Further reading

• “γάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γάλας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γάλας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256
• Hesychius' Lexicon: γ