καρδία

See also: καρδιά and Καρδία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂, from *ḱérd (“heart”). Cognate with Sanskrit हृदय (hṛ́daya), Latin cor, Old Armenian սիրտ (sirt), Old Church Slavonic срьдьце (srĭdĭce), Old English heorte (whence English heart).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ • (kărdĭ́ā) f (genitive κᾰρδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. heart (as the source of emotion, love, etc.)
  2. mind
  3. stomach
  4. any hollow vessel
  5. center or inner part: pith (of wood), depth (of the sea)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κᾰρδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
hē kărdĭ́ā 		τὼ κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kărdĭ́ā 		αἱ κᾰρδῐ́αι
hai kărdĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς κᾰρδῐ́ᾱς
tês kărdĭ́ās 		τοῖν κᾰρδῐ́αιν
toîn kărdĭ́ain 		τῶν κᾰρδῐῶν
tôn kărdĭôn
Dative τῇ κᾰρδῐ́ᾳ
tēî kărdĭ́āi 		τοῖν κᾰρδῐ́αιν
toîn kărdĭ́ain 		ταῖς κᾰρδῐ́αις
taîs kărdĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν κᾰρδῐ́ᾱν
tḕn kărdĭ́ān 		τὼ κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kărdĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰρδῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s kărdĭ́ās
Vocative κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
kărdĭ́ā 		κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
kărdĭ́ā 		κᾰρδῐ́αι
kărdĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: καρδιά (kardiá)
  • Italiot Greek: cardia
  • Mariupol Greek: кардъи́я (karðíja)
  • → English: cardia (learned)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καρδία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 644

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