ζίζυφον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Maybe of Oriental origin, but Beekes doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with σέσυφος (sésuphos) and Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdíz.dy.pʰon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.zy.pʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.zy.ɸon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.zy.fon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.zi.fon/

Noun

ζίζῠφον • (zízŭphon) n (genitive ζιζύφου); second declension

jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζίζῠφον; τοῦ ζιζῠ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζίζῠφον tò zízŭphon	τὼ ζιζῠ́φω tṑ zizŭ́phō	τᾰ̀ ζίζῠφᾰ tằ zízŭphă
Genitive	τοῦ ζιζῠ́φου toû zizŭ́phou	τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν toîn zizŭ́phoin	τῶν ζιζῠ́φων tôn zizŭ́phōn
Dative	τῷ ζιζῠ́φῳ tōî zizŭ́phōi	τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν toîn zizŭ́phoin	τοῖς ζιζῠ́φοις toîs zizŭ́phois
Accusative	τὸ ζίζῠφον tò zízŭphon	τὼ ζιζῠ́φω tṑ zizŭ́phō	τᾰ̀ ζίζῠφᾰ tằ zízŭphă
Vocative	ζίζῠφον zízŭphon	ζιζῠ́φω zizŭ́phō	ζίζῠφᾰ zízŭphă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ζίζιφο (zízifo), τζίτζιφο (tzítzifo)
→ Albanian: xinxife
→ Arabic: زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)
- → Persian: زیزفون (zizofun)
→ Latin: zīzyphum, zīzyphus (see there for further descendants)
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā)
- → Arabic: زِفْزِف (zifzif)
  - ⇒ Arabic: زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf)
    - → Galician: azufaifo
    - → Portuguese: açofeifa, açofaifa
    - → Spanish: azofaifa, azufaifa