Connected to ἄχερδος (ákherdos, “wild pear”). According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek origin is exposed by the alternation ἀ-χερδ- beside ἀ-χραδ-.[1] While the alternation can also be understood in Indo-European terms, the word for “pear” must be suspect of loanword origin due to the Caucasian heimat of the plant, and indeed it appears reflected in, for instance, Ossetian кӕрдо (kærdo, “pear”), and thence even as far as Kipchak كرتما (kärtmä, “pear”).
ἀχρᾰ́ς • (akhrás) f (genitive ἀχρᾰ́δος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ἀχρᾰ́ς hē akhrás |
τὼ ἀχρᾰ́δε tṑ akhráde |
αἱ ἀχρᾰ́δες hai akhrádes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀχρᾰ́δος tês akhrádos |
τοῖν ἀχρᾰ́δοιν toîn akhrádoin |
τῶν ἀχρᾰ́δων tôn akhrádōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀχρᾰ́δῐ têi akhrádi |
τοῖν ἀχρᾰ́δοιν toîn akhrádoin |
ταῖς ἀχρᾰ́σῐ / ἀχρᾰ́σῐν taîs akhrási(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀχρᾰ́δᾰ tḕn akhráda |
τὼ ἀχρᾰ́δε tṑ akhráde |
τᾱ̀ς ἀχρᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s akhrádas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀχρᾰ́ς akhrás |
ἀχρᾰ́δε akhráde |
ἀχρᾰ́δες akhrádes | ||||||||||
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