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σίναπι

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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In mid-20th century thought from Demotic Egyptian snwpt,[1] but Beekes 2010 considers it Pre-Greek,[2] and related to νᾶπῠ (nâpŭ, mustard).[3] Said terms may be areal; see Sanskrit सर्षप (sarṣápa, mustard) for more.[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σῐ́νᾱπῐ (sĭ́nāpĭn (genitive σῐνᾱ́πεως); third declension

  1. the mustard plant (Sinapis alba)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Erichsen, Wolja (1954), Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014), Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σίνᾱπι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1333
  4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “sarṣapa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 712

Further reading

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