акра

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Abkhaz

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron).

Noun

акра (akʼra)

  1. cape, headland
  2. lighthouse

Mariupol Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρα (ákra). Cognates include Greek άκρη (ákri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ак‧ра

Noun

а́кра (ákraf

  1. end, finale
  2. extremity
    • 2009, Georgy Levchenko, Аспру карави, →ISBN, page 115:
      Сма ст Мариуполь ту яло
      Шилядъис хронс глыфт галя т акрат,
      Sma st Mariupolʹ tu jalo
      Šiljaðis xrons hlyft halja t akrat,
      Around Mariupol the sea
      thousands of years slowly carves out its end,
  3. arrowhead
  4. outskirts

Declension

Declension of а́кра
singular plural
nominative а́кра (ákra) а́крис (ákris)
oblique а́кра (ákra) а́крис (ákris)
*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.

References

  • A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “акра”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 17
  • G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса, Donetsk, page 51

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

а́кра (ákram inan

  1. genitive singular of акр (akr)