καρχαρίας

Ancient Greek

From κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”) +‎ -ίᾱς (-íās).

καρχᾰρίᾱς • (karkhăríās) m (genitive καρχᾰρίου); first declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱς ho kărkhărĭ́ās	τὼ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱ tṑ kărkhărĭ́ā	οἱ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́αι hoi kărkhărĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ου toû kărkhărĭ́ou	τοῖν κᾰρχᾰρῐ́αιν toîn kărkhărĭ́ain	τῶν κᾰρχᾰρῐῶν tôn kărkhărĭôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾳ tōî kărkhărĭ́āi	τοῖν κᾰρχᾰρῐ́αιν toîn kărkhărĭ́ain	τοῖς κᾰρχᾰρῐ́αις toîs kărkhărĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱν tòn kărkhărĭ́ān	τὼ κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱ tṑ kărkhărĭ́ā	τοὺς κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱς toùs kărkhărĭ́ās
Vocative	κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱ kărkhărĭ́ā	κᾰρχᾰρῐ́ᾱ kărkhărĭ́ā	κᾰρχᾰρῐ́αι kărkhărĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”). Possibly related to κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “coarse, rough”), but also compare χάραξ (khárax, “pointed stake”) and χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen”); also Old Armenian կարկառ (karkaṙ, “heap of stones”).

καρχαρίας • (karcharías) m (plural καρχαρίες)