βρίζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *briza (“spelt, rye”).[1] Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *breǵʰ-, related to Norwegian brok (“kind of grass”), or related to Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi, “grain, rice”), ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), but this is less likely.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρίζᾰ • (bríză) f (genitive βρίζης); first declension

  1. rye (Secale cereale) in Thrace and Macedonia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βρῐ́ζᾰ; τῆς βρῐ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βρῐ́ζᾰ
hē brĭ́ză 		τὼ βρῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ brĭ́zā 		αἱ βρῐ́ζαι
hai brĭ́zai
Genitive τῆς βρῐ́ζης
tês brĭ́zēs 		τοῖν βρῐ́ζαιν
toîn brĭ́zain 		τῶν βρῐζῶν
tôn brĭzôn
Dative τῇ βρῐ́ζῃ
tēî brĭ́zēi 		τοῖν βρῐ́ζαιν
toîn brĭ́zain 		ταῖς βρῐ́ζαις
taîs brĭ́zais
Accusative τὴν βρῐ́ζᾰν
tḕn brĭ́zăn 		τὼ βρῐ́ζᾱ
tṑ brĭ́zā 		τᾱ̀ς βρῐ́ζᾱς
tā̀s brĭ́zās
Vocative βρῐ́ζᾰ
brĭ́ză 		βρῐ́ζᾱ
brĭ́zā 		βρῐ́ζαι
brĭ́zai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Briza

References

  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎[1] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 11
  2. ^ Katičić, R., Križman, M. (1976). Ancient Languages of the Balkans. Netherlands: Mouton, p. 139

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