Of uncertain origin.
Beekes claims that the verb, although both earlier and more frequently attested than χάραξ (khárax, “pointed stake; pole”), is a denominative formation from the latter, with original form χαράκ-ι̯ω (kharák-i̯ō). He derives both terms from Pre-Greek, and seems to reject Pokorny's traditional connection with Lithuanian žer̃ti (“to scrape”),[1] which derives the Greek from some *k-extension to a Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch, scrape”) (and the Lithuanian from *ǵʰer- without the extension).[2]
The donor language in question could very well be Phoenician, from the Phoenician cognate to the much-used Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲרַץ (ḥăraṣ, “to cut into, to incise”), Hebrew חָרַץ (ḥāraṣ, “to cut or dig a cavity into; to sharpen”), Arabic خَرَزَ (ḵaraza, “to bore into”),[3] exactly attested with the semantics of the Greek as active participle or occupational noun Punic 𐤇𐤓𐤔 (ḥrš, “crafter; engraver”).[4]
χᾰρᾰ́σσω • (kharássō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | χᾰρᾰ́ξω | χᾰρᾰ́ξεις | χᾰρᾰ́ξει | χᾰρᾰ́ξετον | χᾰρᾰ́ξετον | χᾰρᾰ́ξομεν | χᾰρᾰ́ξετε | χᾰρᾰ́ξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | χᾰρᾰ́ξοιμῐ | χᾰρᾰ́ξοις | χᾰρᾰ́ξοι | χᾰρᾰ́ξοιτον | χᾰρᾰξοίτην | χᾰρᾰ́ξοιμεν | χᾰρᾰ́ξοιτε | χᾰρᾰ́ξοιεν | |||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | χᾰρᾰ́ξειν | ||||||||||||
participle | m | χᾰρᾰ́ξων | |||||||||||
f | χᾰρᾰ́ξουσᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | χᾰρᾰ́ξον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | κεχᾰ́ρᾰγμαι | κεχᾰ́ρᾰξαι | κεχᾰ́ρᾰκται | κεχᾰ́ρᾰχθον | κεχᾰ́ρᾰχθον | κεχᾰρᾰ́γμεθᾰ | κεχᾰ́ρᾰχθε | κεχᾰρᾰ́γᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος ὦ | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος ᾖς | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος ᾖ | κεχᾰρᾰγμένω ἦτον | κεχᾰρᾰγμένω ἦτον | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι ὦμεν | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι ἦτε | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος εἴην | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος εἴης | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος εἴη | κεχᾰρᾰγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | κεχᾰρᾰγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | κεχᾰρᾰγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | κεχᾰ́ρᾰξο | κεχᾰρᾰ́χθω | κεχᾰ́ρᾰχθον | κεχᾰρᾰ́χθων | κεχᾰ́ρᾰχθε | κεχᾰρᾰ́χθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | κεχᾰρᾰ́χθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | κεχᾰρᾰγμένος | |||||||||||
f | κεχᾰρᾰγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | κεχᾰρᾰγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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