From Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-es-n-h₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”) and Old Armenian սար (sar, “tip, top; mountain”).
κάρηνον • (kárēnon) n (genitive κάρηνου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́ρηνον tò kárēnon |
τὼ κᾰρήνω tṑ karḗnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρηνᾰ tà kárēna | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰρήνου toû karḗnou |
τοῖν κᾰρήνοιν toîn karḗnoin |
τῶν κᾰρήνων tôn karḗnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰρήνῳ tôi karḗnōi |
τοῖν κᾰρήνοιν toîn karḗnoin |
τοῖς κᾰρήνοις toîs karḗnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́ρηνον tò kárēnon |
τὼ κᾰρήνω tṑ karḗnō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρηνᾰ tà kárēna | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́ρηνον kárēnon |
κᾰρήνω karḗnō |
κᾰ́ρηνᾰ kárēna | ||||||||||
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