κύμινον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀖𐀜 (ku-mi-no), borrowed from Semitic, compare Ge'ez ከሚን (kämin), ካሚን (kamin), ከሙን (kämun), ከሜን (kämen), Arabic كَمُّون (kammūn), Hebrew כַּמֹּון (kammōn), Aramaic כַּמֹּונָֹא / ܩܰܡܽܘܢܳܐ (kammōnā, “cumin”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”). Note also Old Armenian չաման (čʻaman).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κύμῑνον • (kúmīnon) n (genitive κυμίνου); second declension

  1. cumin

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κύμῑνον; τοῦ κυμῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κύμῑνον
tò kúmīnon 		τὼ κυμῑ́νω
tṑ kumī́nō 		τᾰ̀ κύμῑνᾰ
tà kúmīna
Genitive τοῦ κυμῑ́νου
toû kumī́nou 		τοῖν κυμῑ́νοιν
toîn kumī́noin 		τῶν κυμῑ́νων
tôn kumī́nōn
Dative τῷ κυμῑ́νῳ
tôi kumī́nōi 		τοῖν κυμῑ́νοιν
toîn kumī́noin 		τοῖς κυμῑ́νοις
toîs kumī́nois
Accusative τὸ κύμῑνον
tò kúmīnon 		τὼ κυμῑ́νω
tṑ kumī́nō 		τᾰ̀ κύμῑνᾰ
tà kúmīna
Vocative κύμῑνον
kúmīnon 		κυμῑ́νω
kumī́nō 		κύμῑνᾰ
kúmīna
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: cumīnum (see there for further descendants)
  • → Coptic: ⲕⲓⲙⲓⲛⲟⲩ (kiminou)

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