νάρκη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
May be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, from *(s)ner- (“to turn, twist”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nár.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnar.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnar.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnar.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnar.ci/
Noun
νάρκη • (nárkē) f (genitive νάρκης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νάρκη hē nárkē |
τὼ νάρκᾱ tṑ nárkā |
αἱ νάρκαι hai nárkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νάρκης tês nárkēs |
τοῖν νάρκαιν toîn nárkain |
τῶν ναρκῶν tôn narkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νάρκῃ têi nárkēi |
τοῖν νάρκαιν toîn nárkain |
ταῖς νάρκαις taîs nárkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νάρκην tḕn nárkēn |
τὼ νάρκᾱ tṑ nárkā |
τᾱ̀ς νάρκᾱς tā̀s nárkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νάρκη nárkē |
νάρκᾱ nárkā |
νάρκαι nárkai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)
- → Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)
References
- “νάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νάρκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- inertness idem, page 436.
- insensibility idem, page 444.
- lethargy idem, page 486.
- numbness idem, page 563.
- paralysis idem, page 592.
- torpor idem, page 881.
- unconsciousness idem, page 910.
- “narcotic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 975
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νάρκη (nárkē, “torpor, numbness; electric ray”). The "mine, landmine" sense is a loose semantic loan from French torpille (“electric ray; torpedo”),[1] whence also τορπίλη (torpíli, “torpedo”).
Pronunciation
Noun
νάρκη • (nárki) f (plural νάρκες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νάρκη (nárki) | νάρκες (nárkes) |
| genitive | νάρκης (nárkis) | ναρκών (narkón) |
| accusative | νάρκη (nárki) | νάρκες (nárkes) |
| vocative | νάρκη (nárki) | νάρκες (nárkes) |
Related terms
- αποναρκώνω (aponarkóno, “to stupify”)
- χειμερία νάρκη f (cheimería nárki, “hibernation”)
References
- ^ νάρκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
νάρκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
