νάρκη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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May be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, from *(s)ner- (to turn, twist).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νάρκη (nárkēf (genitive νάρκης); first declension

  1. numbness, torpor
  2. stingray, electric ray

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)
  • Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, stingray, electric ray)

References

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Greek

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaɾ.ci/
  • Hyphenation: νάρ‧κη

Noun

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νάρκη (nárkif (plural νάρκες)

  1. torpor, stupor, lethargy
  2. numbness
  3. (military) mine, landmine

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ νάρκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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