According to Lewy, from a Semitic source common to Hebrew זֶרַע (zéra‛, “seed”).
ζέρνᾰ • (zérna) f (genitive ζέρνης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ζέρνᾰ hē zérna |
τὼ ζέρνᾱ tṑ zérnā |
αἱ ζέρναι hai zérnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζέρνης tês zérnēs |
τοῖν ζέρναιν toîn zérnain |
τῶν ζερνῶν tôn zernôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζέρνῃ têi zérnēi |
τοῖν ζέρναιν toîn zérnain |
ταῖς ζέρναις taîs zérnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζέρνᾰν tḕn zérnan |
τὼ ζέρνᾱ tṑ zérnā |
τᾱ̀ς ζέρνᾱς tā̀s zérnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζέρνᾰ zérna |
ζέρνᾱ zérnā |
ζέρναι zérnai | ||||||||||
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