κράββατος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κρᾰ́βᾰτος (krắbătos), κρᾰ́βᾰττος (krắbăttos)
  • κρᾰ́βᾰκτος (krắbăktos), κρᾰ́βᾰκτον (krắbăkton)

Etymology

From Ancient Macedonian *γράβος (grabos, oak), attested by γράβιον (grabion, torch); the Macedonian term appears to be of substrate origin. Compare Latin grabātus (cot, pallet).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρᾰ́ββᾰτος • (krắbbătosm (genitive κρᾰββᾰ́του); second declension

  1. couch, mattress, pallet
    Synonyms: κλίνη (klínē), λέκτρον (léktron), στρῶμα (strôma), στρωμνή (strōmnḗ)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • κρᾰβᾰκτήρῐος (krăbăktḗrĭos)
  • κρᾰβᾰ́κτῐον (krăbắktĭon)

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: κραβ(β)άτιον (krab(b)átion) (diminutive)
    • Byzantine Greek: κρεβάτι(ο)ν (krebáti(o)n)
      • Greek: κρεβάτι (kreváti), κρεββάτι (krevváti)
        • Albanian: krevat
        • Aromanian: crivati
        • Serbo-Croatian: krevet
        • Romanian: crivat (regional, archaic)
        • Ottoman Turkish: كروت (kerevet) (see there for further descendants)
        • Russian: кровать (krovatʹ) (see there for further descendants)
      • Mariupol Greek: крева́ть (krjevátʹ)
      • Russian: крова́ть (krovátʹ) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: grabātus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κράββατος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 766

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