καρπός

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (pluck, harvest), though debated whether via inheritance or borrowing from a different Indo-European branch due to the problematic α (a) in the Greek form.[1] Compare Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (harvest, autumn), Proto-Slavic *čerpti (to scoop, draw) and Latin carpō (to pick), as well as Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, to cut off).

Noun

κᾰρπός (karpósm (genitive κᾰρποῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

  1. fruit, grain, produce, harvest
  2. the product of something: children (fruit of the body), poetry (fruit of the mind), profit
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷerp- (to turn), and related to Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (to turn) (whence English wharf). Other theories take the origin to be the same as that of Etymology 1.[2]

Noun

κᾰρπός (karpósm (genitive κᾰρποῦ); second declension

  1. wrist
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καρπός 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καρπός 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 649

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Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, fruit, grain).

Noun

καρπός (karpósm (plural καρποί)

  1. fruit, grain
Declension
Declension of καρπός
singular plural
nominative καρπός (karpós) καρποί (karpoí)
genitive καρπού (karpoú) καρπών (karpón)
accusative καρπό (karpó) καρπούς (karpoús)
vocative καρπέ (karpé) καρποί (karpoí)
Descendants

Aromanian: carpo.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (karpós, wrist).

Noun

καρπός (karpósm (plural καρποί)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
Declension
Declension of καρπός
singular plural
nominative καρπός (karpós) καρποί (karpoí)
genitive καρπού (karpoú) καρπών (karpón)
accusative καρπό (karpó) καρπούς (karpoús)
vocative καρπέ (karpé) καρποί (karpoí)

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