According to Beekes, definitely from Pre-Greek, but compare Sanskrit गर्गर (gárgara, “whirlpool, eddy, churn; water-jar”) and Latin gurges (“whirlpool, eddy”). Compare also κορκόδρυα (korkódrua, “drain”) and κορχυρέα (korkhuréa, “subterranean drain”).
γόργῡρα • (górgūra) f (genitive γοργῡ́ρᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ γόργῡρᾰ hē górgūra |
τὼ γοργῡ́ρᾱ tṑ gorgū́rā |
αἱ γόργῡραι hai górgūrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γοργῡ́ρᾱς tês gorgū́rās |
τοῖν γοργῡ́ραιν toîn gorgū́rain |
τῶν γοργῡρῶν tôn gorgūrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γοργῡ́ρᾳ têi gorgū́rāi |
τοῖν γοργῡ́ραιν toîn gorgū́rain |
ταῖς γοργῡ́ραις taîs gorgū́rais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γόργῡρᾰν tḕn górgūran |
τὼ γοργῡ́ρᾱ tṑ gorgū́rā |
τᾱ̀ς γοργῡ́ρᾱς tā̀s gorgū́rās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γόργῡρᾰ górgūra |
γοργῡ́ρᾱ gorgū́rā |
γόργῡραι górgūrai | ||||||||||
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