βύρσα

Ancient Greek

A loanword of unknown, possibly Pre-Greek, origin.^[1] Perhaps cognate with Hittite 𒆳𒊭𒀸 (kur-ša-aš); see there for more.

βῠ́ρσᾰ • (bŭ́rsă) f (genitive βῠ́ρσης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῠ́ρσᾰ hē bŭ́rsă	τὼ βῠ́ρσᾱ tṑ bŭ́rsā	αἱ βῠ́ρσαι hai bŭ́rsai
Genitive	τῆς βῠ́ρσης tês bŭ́rsēs	τοῖν βῠ́ρσαιν toîn bŭ́rsain	τῶν βῠρσῶν tôn bŭrsôn
Dative	τῇ βῠ́ρσῃ têi bŭ́rsēi	τοῖν βῠ́ρσαιν toîn bŭ́rsain	ταῖς βῠ́ρσαις taîs bŭ́rsais
Accusative	τὴν βῠ́ρσᾰν tḕn bŭ́rsăn	τὼ βῠ́ρσᾱ tṑ bŭ́rsā	τᾱ̀ς βῠ́ρσᾱς tā̀s bŭ́rsās
Vocative	βῠ́ρσᾰ bŭ́rsă	βῠ́ρσᾱ bŭ́rsā	βῠ́ρσαι bŭ́rsai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βύρσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249

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