carnyx
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Late Latin carnyx, from Byzantine Greek κάρνυξ (kárnux, “carnyx”), from κάρνον (kárnon, “carnyx”) (both translating Galatian words into Greek), from Gaulish carno- (“horn of an animal”) (used in names), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn of an animal”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɪks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnɪks/
- Hyphenation: car‧nyx
- Plural (carnyces):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɪsiːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnəˌsiz/
- Hyphenation: car‧ny‧ces
Noun[edit]
carnyx (plural carnyces or carnyxes)
- (music, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.
Alternative forms[edit]
Translations[edit]
bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts as a type of battle trumpet
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References[edit]
- ^ “carnyx, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French carnyx.
Noun[edit]
carnyx n (plural carnyxe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of carnyx
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) carnyx | carnyxul | (niște) carnyxe | carnyxele |
genitive/dative | (unui) carnyx | carnyxului | (unor) carnyxe | carnyxelor |
vocative | carnyxule | carnyxelor |
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