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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Cornish yorch, Welsh iwrch, which leads to a Proto-Indo-European *yorkos (“roe deer”). However, the δ is unexplained, except perhaps by connection with δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Has traditionally been explained as a simple derivative of δέρκομαι (dérkomai), because of their bright eyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dor.kás/ → /ðorˈkas/ → /ðorˈkas/
Noun
δορκᾰ́ς • (dorkás) f (genitive δορκᾰ́δος); third declension
- roe, gazelle, antelope
Inflection
References
- “δορκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δορκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δορκάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δορκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
δορκάς • (dorkás) f (plural δορκάδες)
- roe deer
Declension
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