τίγρις

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word τίγρις. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word τίγρις, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say τίγρις in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word τίγρις you have here. The definition of the word τίγρις will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofτίγρις, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Τίγρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Indo-Iranian language. Some suppose a relation to Avestan 𐬝𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (t̰igri, “arrow”), Old Persian 𐎫𐎥𐎼 (t-g-r, “pointed, sharp”). According to Watkins, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to point, stick”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῐ́γρῐς • (tígris) f (genitive τῐ́γρεως); third declension

  1. tiger

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τῐ́γρῐς; τῆς τῐ́γρεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τῐ́γρῐς
hē tígris 		τὼ τῐ́γρει
tṑ tígrei 		αἱ τῐ́γρεις
hai tígreis
Genitive τῆς τῐ́γρεως
tês tígreōs 		τοῖν τῐγρέοιν
toîn tigréoin 		τῶν τῐ́γρεων
tôn tígreōn
Dative τῇ τῐ́γρει
têi tígrei 		τοῖν τῐγρέοιν
toîn tigréoin 		ταῖς τῐ́γρεσῐ / τῐ́γρεσῐν
taîs tígresi(n)
Accusative τὴν τῐ́γρῐν
tḕn tígrin 		τὼ τῐ́γρει
tṑ tígrei 		τᾱ̀ς τῐ́γρεις
tā̀s tígreis
Vocative τῐ́γρῐ
tígri 		τῐ́γρει
tígrei 		τῐ́γρεις
tígreis
Notes:

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “tiger”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Greek

Noun

τίγρις • (tígris) f

  1. Katharevousa form of τίγρη (tígri, “tiger”)
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia