ἐρείκη

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Hellenic *weréykā, with no clear Proto-Indo-European etymon. The similarity of Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”), Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ) have led Beekes and Matasović to support a common non-Indo-European substrate source.[1][2][3][4] It is sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”).[5][6]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐρείκη • (ereíkē) f (genitive ἐρείκης); first declension

  1. heath (Erica arborea)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐρείκη; τῆς ἐρείκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐρείκη
hē ereíkē 		τὼ ἐρείκᾱ
tṑ ereíkā 		αἱ ἐρεῖκαι
hai ereîkai
Genitive τῆς ἐρείκης
tês ereíkēs 		τοῖν ἐρείκαιν
toîn ereíkain 		τῶν ἐρεικῶν
tôn ereikôn
Dative τῇ ἐρείκῃ
têi ereíkēi 		τοῖν ἐρείκαιν
toîn ereíkain 		ταῖς ἐρείκαις
taîs ereíkais
Accusative τὴν ἐρείκην
tḕn ereíkēn 		τὼ ἐρείκᾱ
tṑ ereíkā 		τᾱ̀ς ἐρείκᾱς
tā̀s ereíkās
Vocative ἐρείκη
ereíkē 		ἐρείκᾱ
ereíkā 		ἐρεῖκαι
ereîkai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: erīcē

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
  5. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  6. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1985) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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