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κράμβη

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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κρᾰ́μβη (krắmbē)

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of κρᾰ́μβος (krắmbos)

Etymology 2

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Usually connected with κράμβος (krámbos, dry; blight in grapes, when they shrivel),[1] assuming that the plant was named after its shrunken leaves, but this is rejected by Beekes, who leaves the origin open.[2]

Noun

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κρᾰ́μβη (krắmbēf (genitive κρᾰ́μβης); first declension

  1. cabbage
    Synonym: ῥάφανος (rháphanos)
    μὰ τὴν κράμβηνmà tḕn krámbēnby the cabbage! (a humorous oath)
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References

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  1. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916), “κράμβος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 507–508
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κράμβη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 769
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cabolov, R. L. (2001), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 531
  4. ^ Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 672
  5. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 162
  6. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011), A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[2] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 221
  7. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895), Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 256
  8. ^ Bartholomae, Christian; Salemann, Carl; Horn, Paul; Geiger, Wilhelm; Socin, Albert (1895–1901), Wilhelm Geiger, Ernst Kuhn, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 59
  9. ^ κραμβίνKriaras, Emmanuel (1969-), Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, cabbage). Doublet of κραμπί (krampí).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkraɱ.vi/
    • Hyphenation: κράμ‧βη

    Noun

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    κράμβη (krámvif (plural κράμβες)

    1. turnip
    2. (botany, horticulture) brassica, the cabbage family
      Synonym: βράσκη f (vráski)

    Declension

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    Declension of κράμβη
    singular plural
    nominative κράμβη (krámvi) κράμβες (krámves)
    genitive κράμβης (krámvis)
    accusative κράμβη (krámvi) κράμβες (krámves)
    vocative κράμβη (krámvi) κράμβες (krámves)

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