νάρδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician (compare Hebrew נֵרְדְּ (nērd), Aramaic נִרְדָּא (nirdā), Akkadian 𒆠𒆗 (HIRIM /⁠lardu⁠/), Arabic رَنْد (rand), Old South Arabian 𐩧𐩬𐩵 (rnd)), possibly from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, Indian narde) (although a Semitic-to-Indian loan has also been suggested).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νᾰ́ρδος • (nắrdosf (genitive νᾰ́ρδου); second declension

  1. nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot
  2. nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: νάρδος (nárdos)
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (nardus) (possibly via Latin)
  • Latin: nardus
  • Old Armenian: նարդոս (nardos)
  • Old Georgian: ნარდი (nardi), ნარდიონი (nardioni), ლარდიონი (lardioni)
  • Old East Slavic: нардъ (nardŭ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̏рд, nȁrd

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*νάρδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 996

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos).

Noun

νάρδος • (nárdosm or f (plural νάρδοι)

  1. valerian, nard, spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora).

Declension

Declension of νάρδος
singular plural
nominative νάρδος (nárdos) νάρδοι (nárdoi)
genitive νάρδου (nárdou) νάρδων (nárdon)
accusative νάρδο (nárdo) νάρδους (nárdous)
vocative νάρδε (nárde) νάρδοι (nárdoi)

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