ζέρνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Lewy, from a Semitic source common to Hebrew זֶרַע (zéra‛, “seed”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζέρνᾰ • (zérnă) f (genitive ζέρνης); first declension

  1. galingale (Cyperus longus)
    Synonym: κύπειρον (kúpeiron)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζέρνᾰ; τῆς ζέρνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ζέρνᾰ
hē zérnă 		τὼ ζέρνᾱ
tṑ zérnā 		αἱ ζέρναι
hai zérnai
Genitive τῆς ζέρνης
tês zérnēs 		τοῖν ζέρναιν
toîn zérnain 		τῶν ζερνῶν
tôn zernôn
Dative τῇ ζέρνῃ
tēî zérnēi 		τοῖν ζέρναιν
toîn zérnain 		ταῖς ζέρναις
taîs zérnais
Accusative τὴν ζέρνᾰν
tḕn zérnăn 		τὼ ζέρνᾱ
tṑ zérnā 		τᾱ̀ς ζέρνᾱς
tā̀s zérnās
Vocative ζέρνᾰ
zérnă 		ζέρνᾱ
zérnā 		ζέρναι
zérnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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