τέφρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). The unaspirated first consonant is due to Grassmann's law.

Cognates include Latin foveō, Albanian djeg, Old Church Slavonic жещи (žešti), Lithuanian degti, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dažaiti), and Sanskrit दहति (dahati), whence दह्र (dahra, “burning wood”)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέφρᾱ • (téphrā) f (genitive τέφρᾱς); first declension

  1. ashes, as of the funeral pyre.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τέφρᾱ; τῆς τέφρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τέφρᾱ
hē téphrā 		τὼ τέφρᾱ
tṑ téphrā 		αἱ τέφραι
hai téphrai
Genitive τῆς τέφρᾱς
tês téphrās 		τοῖν τέφραιν
toîn téphrain 		τῶν τεφρῶν
tôn tephrôn
Dative τῇ τέφρᾳ
tēî téphrāi 		τοῖν τέφραιν
toîn téphrain 		ταῖς τέφραις
taîs téphrais
Accusative τὴν τέφρᾱν
tḕn téphrān 		τὼ τέφρᾱ
tṑ téphrā 		τᾱ̀ς τέφρᾱς
tā̀s téphrās
Vocative τέφρᾱ
téphrā 		τέφρᾱ
téphrā 		τέφραι
téphrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: tephra
  • Greek: τέφρα (téfra)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τέφρα (téphra).

Noun

τέφρα • (téfra) f (plural τέφρες)

  1. ash, cinder, cinders

Declension

Declension of τέφρα
singular plural
nominative τέφρα (téfra) τέφρες (téfres)
genitive τέφρας (téfras) τεφρών (tefrón)
accusative τέφρα (téfra) τέφρες (téfres)
vocative τέφρα (téfra) τέφρες (téfres)
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