κουρά

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *korsā́, a primary verbal noun from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to shave”), an s-extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”), the same root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut, shear, crop”), κόρση (kórsē, “temple (of forehead)”), and κορμός (kormós, “trunk of a tree”). Direct cognates include Hittite (karš-ᶻᶦ, “to cut off”), Tocharian A kärs- (“to know, understand”), Tocharian B kärst- (“to cut off, destroy”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κουρᾱ́ • (kourā́) f (genitive κουρᾶς); first declension

  1. cropping of the hair
  2. (in general) cropping, lopping, shearing of sheep
  3. lock of hair
  4. wool shorn, fleece
  5. (in the plural) slips of wood

Declension

First declension of ἡ κουρᾱ́; τῆς κουρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κουρᾱ́
hē kourā́ 		τὼ κουρᾱ́
tṑ kourā́ 		αἱ κουραί
hai kouraí
Genitive τῆς κουρᾶς
tês kourâs 		τοῖν κουραῖν
toîn kouraîn 		τῶν κουρῶν
tôn kourôn
Dative τῇ κουρᾷ
têi kourâi 		τοῖν κουραῖν
toîn kouraîn 		ταῖς κουραῖς
taîs kouraîs
Accusative τὴν κουρᾱ́ν
tḕn kourā́n 		τὼ κουρᾱ́
tṑ kourā́ 		τᾱ̀ς κουρᾱ́ς
tā̀s kourā́s
Vocative κουρᾱ́
kourā́ 		κουρᾱ́
kourā́ 		κουραί
kouraí
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κουρά (kourá)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κουρά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 763-4

Further reading

Cappadocian Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian քուրայ (kʻuray, “melting pot, furnace”).

Noun

κουρά (kourá)

  1. iron mine

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քուրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 89
  • Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 179

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κουρά (kourá).

Noun

κουρά • (kourá) f

  1. (scholarly): haircutting (work done by barber or shearer)

Declension

Declension of κουρά
singular plural
nominative κουρά (kourá) κουρές (kourés)
genitive κουράς (kourás) κουρών (kourón)
accusative κουρά (kourá) κουρές (kourés)
vocative κουρά (kourá) κουρές (kourés)

Synonyms

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