χαράδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χᾰρᾰ́δρη (kharádrē) — Ionic

Etymology

The older connection with χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen, to whet”) must be given up. Related to χέραδος (khérados, “debris, gravel”) and thus probably from , in view of the variation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.rá.dra/ → /xaˈra.ðra/ → /xaˈra.ðra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.rá.dra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈra.dra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈra.ðra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈra.ðra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈra.ðra/

Noun

χᾰρᾰ́δρα • (kharádra) f (genitive χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱς); first declension

1. torrent, mountain stream

   Synonym: ἄναυρος (ánauros)

2. riverbed
3. gorge, gully, ravine

   Synonym: φάραγξ (pháranx)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰρᾰ́δρᾰ; τῆς χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰρᾰ́δρᾰ hē kharádra	τὼ χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱ tṑ kharádrā	αἱ χᾰρᾰ́δραι hai kharádrai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱς tês kharádrās	τοῖν χᾰρᾰ́δραιν toîn kharádrain	τῶν χᾰρᾰδρῶν tôn kharadrôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰρᾰ́δρᾳ têi kharádrāi	τοῖν χᾰρᾰ́δραιν toîn kharádrain	ταῖς χᾰρᾰ́δραις taîs kharádrais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰρᾰ́δρᾰν tḕn kharádran	τὼ χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱ tṑ kharádrā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱς tā̀s kharádrās
Vocative	χᾰρᾰ́δρᾰ kharádra	χᾰρᾰ́δρᾱ kharádrā	χᾰρᾰ́δραι kharádrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαραδραῖος (kharadraîos)
• χαράδρεών (kharádreṓn)
• χαραδρήεις (kharadrḗeis)
• χαράδριον (kharádrion)
• χαραδρόομαι (kharadróomai)
• Χαραδροῦς (Kharadroûs)
• χαραδρώδης (kharadrṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: χαράδρα (charádra)

Further reading

• “χαράδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χαράδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χαράδρα 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

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Greek

Noun

χαράδρα • (charádra) f (plural χαράδρες)

1. gorge, ravine

Declension

Declension of χαράδρα

	singular	plural
nominative	χαράδρα •	χαράδρες •
genitive	χαράδρας •	χαραδρών •
accusative	χαράδρα •	χαράδρες •
vocative	χαράδρα •	χαράδρες •

Synonyms

• φαράγγι n (farángi)
• χάσμα n (chásma)