κουρά
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See also: κούρα
Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-, the same root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut, shear, crop”) and κορμός (kormós, “trunk of a tree”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kuː.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kuˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kuˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kuˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kuˈra/
Noun[edit]
κουρᾱ́ • (kourā́) f (genitive κουρᾶς); first declension
- cropping of the hair
- (in general) cropping, lopping, shearing of sheep
- lock of hair
- wool shorn, fleece
- (in the plural) slips of wood
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- κουράς (kourás)
- κουρεῖον (koureîon)
- Κούρεος (Koúreos)
- κουρεύομαι (koureúomai)
- κουρεύς (koureús)
- κουρεύσιμος (koureúsimos)
- κουρευτής (koureutḗs)
- κουρευτικός (koureutikós)
- κουρευτρία (koureutría)
- Κουρεών (Koureṓn)
- κουρεῶτις (koureôtis)
- κουριάω (kouriáō)
- κουρικός (kourikós)
- κούριμος (koúrimos)
- κουρίς (kourís)
- κουρῖτις (kourîtis)
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: κουρά (kourá)
Further reading[edit]
- “κουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κουρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Cappadocian Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian քուրայ (kʻuray, “melting pot, furnace”).
Noun[edit]
κουρά (kourá)
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κουρά (kourá).
Noun[edit]
κουρά • (kourá) f
- (scholarly): haircutting (work done by barber or shearer)
Declension[edit]
declension of κουρά
Synonyms[edit]
- κούρεμα n (koúrema)
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- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Cappadocian Greek terms borrowed from Old Armenian
- Cappadocian Greek terms derived from Old Armenian
- Cappadocian Greek lemmas
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- Greek nouns declining like 'καρδιά'