cyperus

See also: Cyperus

English

Cyperus houghtonii.

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Cyperus. Further from Latin cypērus and Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros).

Noun

cyperus (plural cyperuses)

1. Any sedge of genus Cyperus.

   Synonyms: flatsedge, gallingale

Usage notes

Found especially in the common names of specific species, such as Monterey cyperus and Hansen's cyperus.

Translations

Cyperus sp.

• Arabic: سُعْد (ar) m (suʕd)

  Egyptian Arabic: سعد m

• Azerbaijani: topalaq
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 莎草 (so¹ cou²)

  Mandarin: 莎草 (zh) (suōcǎo)

• Chuvash: патанпаш (pat̬anp̬aš)
• Czech: šáchor m
• Dutch: cypergras (nl) n
• Georgian: თავნასკვი (tavnasḳvi)
• Greek: κύπειρος (el) m (kýpeiros)

  Ancient Greek: κύπειρος m (kúpeiros), κύπειρον n (kúpeiron), ζέρνᾰ f (zérnă)

• Hebrew: גּוֹמֶא (he) m (góme)
• Kazakh: құйық (qūiyq)
• Korean: 방동사니 (bangdongsani)
• Latin: cypērus (la) m
• Polish: cibora (pl) f
• Russian: сыть (ru) f (sytʹ), ципе́рус (ru) m (cipérus)
• Sinhalese: පං (paṁ)
• Ukrainian: сми́кавець m (smýkavecʹ)

See also

• Cyperus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyperus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cyperus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros).

Noun

cypērus f (genitive cypērī); second declension

1. galingale

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cypērus	cypērī
genitive	cypērī	cypērōrum
dative	cypērō	cypērīs
accusative	cypērum	cypērōs
ablative	cypērō	cypērīs
vocative	cypēre	cypērī

Descendants

• Translingual: Cyperus
• Italian: cipero