cyprus

From Ancient Greek κύπρος (kúpros, “henna”), from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”) from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, “to smear, to daub on”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈky.prʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.prus]

cyprus f (genitive cyprī); second declension

1. henna
   • 1833, Georg Freytag, “cyprus”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1], volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 182b:

     رَقَنَ n. a. رَقْنٌ i. q. رَقَمَ aut pro eo  1) Notavit, scripsit, pinxit, cypro tinxit. […] II [رَقَّنَ] Tinxit cypro barbam suam senex c. a. […] IV [أَرْقَنَ] Tinxit barbam suam cypro c. a. […] رِقَانٌ, رَقُونٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus. […] إِرْقَانٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus.

      

Second-declension noun.

• → Middle English: cipre

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siprus]

cyprus m inan (relational adjective cyprusový)

1. cypress

• “cyprus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025