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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sár.ka/ → /ˈsar.ka/ → /ˈsar.ka/
Noun
σᾰ́ρκᾰ • (sárka)
- accusative singular of σᾰ́ρξ (sárx)
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σάρκα (sárka), from the accusative singular σάρκα (sárka) of Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaɾ.ka/
- Hyphenation: σάρ‧κα
Noun
σάρκα • (sárka) f (plural σάρκες)
- (biology) flesh
- (botany) pulp, flesh
Usage notes
Expressions
The ancient σάρξ (sárx) and its inflectional forms are used in set expressions like
Declension
Related terms
- άσαρκος (ásarkos, “skinny, fleshless”, adjective)
- ενσαρκώνω (ensarkóno)
- ενσάρκωση f (ensárkosi, “incarnation”)
- κατάσαρκα (katásarka, adverb)
- λιπόσαρκος (lipósarkos, “thin, meatless”, adjective)
- μετενσαρκώνω (metensarkóno)
- μετενσάρκωση f (metensárkosi, “reincarnation”)
- ξέσαρκος (xésarkos)
- παχυσαρκία f (pachysarkía, “obesity”)
- παχύσαρκος (pachýsarkos, “obese”)
- σαρκάζω (sarkázo, “I am sarcastic”)
- σαρκασμός m (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”)
- σαρκικός (sarkikós, “carnal”)
- σάρκινος (sárkinos, “carnal”)
- σαρκίο n (sarkío)
- σαρκοβόρος (sarkovóros, “carnivorous”)
- σαρκοφάγος (sarkofágos, “carnivorous”)
- σαρκοφάγος f (sarkofágos, “sarcophagus”)
- σαρκώδης (sarkódis, “fleshy”)
- σάρκωμα n (sárkoma, “tumor”)
See also
References
- ^ σάρκα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.