πέρκη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old Irish erc (“perch, salmon”) (from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos) and Proto-Germanic *furhnō (“trout”). Related also to περκνός (perknós, “dusky”) and πέρκος (pérkos, “kind of hawk”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πέρκη • (pérkē) f (genitive πέρκης); first declension

  1. perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πέρκη; τῆς πέρκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πέρκη
hē pérkē 		τὼ πέρκᾱ
tṑ pérkā 		αἱ πέρκαι
hai pérkai
Genitive τῆς πέρκης
tês pérkēs 		τοῖν πέρκαιν
toîn pérkain 		τῶν περκῶν
tôn perkôn
Dative τῇ πέρκῃ
têi pérkēi 		τοῖν πέρκαιν
toîn pérkain 		ταῖς πέρκαις
taîs pérkais
Accusative τὴν πέρκην
tḕn pérkēn 		τὼ πέρκᾱ
tṑ pérkā 		τᾱ̀ς πέρκᾱς
tā̀s pérkās
Vocative πέρκη
pérkē 		πέρκᾱ
pérkā 		πέρκαι
pérkai
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Armenian: պերկես (perkes)
  • → Latin: perca

References

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