νάρκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νάρκᾰ (nárkă)

Etymology

Traditionally,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, an extension of *(s)ner- (“to turn, twist”) shared with Proto-Germanic *snerhaną, *snarhōną (“to twist, wind, swing; to knot, braid; to snare”) and *snarhǭ (“swing, loop, noose, snare”), along with (less likely) Old Armenian ներգև (nergew, “weak, fragile, small”). However, the semantics and shape of the Greek make this unlikely, and so Beekes considers it more likely Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νάρκη • (nárkē) f (genitive νάρκης); first declension

  1. numbness, torpor
  2. stingray, electric ray

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νάρκη; τῆς νάρκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νάρκη
hē nárkē 		τὼ νάρκᾱ
tṑ nárkā 		αἱ νάρκαι
hai nárkai
Genitive τῆς νάρκης
tês nárkēs 		τοῖν νάρκαιν
toîn nárkain 		τῶν ναρκῶν
tôn narkôn
Dative τῇ νάρκῃ
tēî nárkēi 		τοῖν νάρκαιν
toîn nárkain 		ταῖς νάρκαις
taîs nárkais
Accusative τὴν νάρκην
tḕn nárkēn 		τὼ νάρκᾱ
tṑ nárkā 		τᾱ̀ς νάρκᾱς
tā̀s nárkās
Vocative νάρκη
nárkē 		νάρκᾱ
nárkā 		νάρκαι
nárkai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: νάρκη (nárki) (learned)
  • → Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)
  • → Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. (s)ner-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 976 of 975–977
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νάρκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 997

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νάρκη (nárkē, “torpor, numbness; electric ray”). The "mine, landmine" sense is a loose semantic loan from French torpille (“electric ray; torpedo”),[1] whence also τορπίλη (torpíli, “torpedo”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɾ.ci/
  • Hyphenation: νάρ‧κη

Noun

νάρκη • (nárki) f (plural νάρκες)

  1. torpor, stupor, lethargy
  2. numbness
  3. (military) mine, landmine

Declension

Declension of νάρκη
singular plural
nominative νάρκη (nárki) νάρκες (nárkes)
genitive νάρκης (nárkis) ναρκών (narkón)
accusative νάρκη (nárki) νάρκες (nárkes)
vocative νάρκη (nárki) νάρκες (nárkes)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ νάρκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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