According to Stephanus of Byzantium, a Carian word related to γίσσα (gíssa, “stone”). Furnée compares Georgian ხრეში (xreši, “gravel”) and κίσηρις (kísēris, “pumice stone”). In any case, the word is a loan, either from an Anatolian language or from Pre-Greek.
γεῖσον • (geîson) n (genitive γείσου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ γεῖσον tò geîson |
τὼ γείσω tṑ geísō |
τᾰ̀ γεῖσᾰ tà geîsa | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γείσου toû geísou |
τοῖν γείσοιν toîn geísoin |
τῶν γείσων tôn geísōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γείσῳ tôi geísōi |
τοῖν γείσοιν toîn geísoin |
τοῖς γείσοις toîs geísois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γεῖσον tò geîson |
τὼ γείσω tṑ geísō |
τᾰ̀ γεῖσᾰ tà geîsa | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γεῖσον geîson |
γείσω geísō |
γεῖσᾰ geîsa | ||||||||||
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