According to Beekes, it is a loanword from Gaulish: compare Old Irish adarc (“horn”), which is probably from the same source as Basque adar (“horn”) with a Celtic suffix -k.
ἀδᾰ́ρκη • (adárkē) f (genitive ἀδᾰ́ρκης); first declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀδᾰ́ρκη hē adárkē |
τὼ ἀδᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ adárkā |
αἱ ἀδᾰ́ρκαι hai adárkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀδᾰ́ρκης tês adárkēs |
τοῖν ἀδᾰ́ρκαιν toîn adárkain |
τῶν ἀδᾰρκῶν tôn adarkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀδᾰ́ρκῃ têi adárkēi |
τοῖν ἀδᾰ́ρκαιν toîn adárkain |
ταῖς ἀδᾰ́ρκαις taîs adárkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀδᾰ́ρκην tḕn adárkēn |
τὼ ἀδᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ adárkā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀδᾰ́ρκᾱς tā̀s adárkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀδᾰ́ρκη adárkē |
ἀδᾰ́ρκᾱ adárkā |
ἀδᾰ́ρκαι adárkai | ||||||||||
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