According to Beekes, from a substrate root common to Albanian dardhë (“pear”). But this ignores the presence of Crimean Tatar kertme (“pear”), dialectal Turkish kertme (“pear”), Kipchak كرتما / chertme (“pear”), allegedly from the verb which is in Turkish kertmek (“to notch, to indent”) because originally meaning a sort of pear which was grafted, then having the transparent suffix -me (forms things created as the result of verbs), but also Ossetian кӕрдо (kærdo, “pear”), Chechen кхор (qor, “pear”), Ingush кхор (qor, “pear”).
ᾰ̓́χερδος • (ắkherdos) f (genitive ᾰ̓χέρδου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́χερδος hē ắkherdos |
τὼ ᾰ̓χέρδω tṑ ăkhérdō |
αἱ ᾰ̓́χερδοι hai ắkherdoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓χέρδου tês ăkhérdou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓χέρδοιν toîn ăkhérdoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓χέρδων tôn ăkhérdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓χέρδῳ têi ăkhérdōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓χέρδοιν toîn ăkhérdoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓χέρδοις taîs ăkhérdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́χερδον tḕn ắkherdon |
τὼ ᾰ̓χέρδω tṑ ăkhérdō |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓χέρδους tā̀s ăkhérdous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́χερδε ắkherde |
ᾰ̓χέρδω ăkhérdō |
ᾰ̓́χερδοι ắkherdoi | ||||||||||
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