Τίγρης

See also: τίγρης

Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /Tigrā/), from Elamite 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (ti-ig-ra), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdigna, ^ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”), because Tigris is rough and fast flowing compared to the neighboring Euphrates. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (Arvand, “Tigris”, literally “swift”) (compare Avestan -𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥𐬙‎ (-auruuant)).[1] Compare also Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdiqlat) from the same Sumerian word, borrowed into Classical Syriac ܕܩܠܬ‎ (deqlāṯ), Old Armenian Դգլաթ (Dglatʿ), Arabic دِجْلَة‎ (dijla), Hebrew חידקל \ חִדֶּקֶל‎ (ḥiddéqel).

Τῐ́γρης • (Tígrēs) m (genitive Τῐ́γρητος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ Τῐ́γρης; τοῦ Τῐ́γρητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῐ́γρης ho Tígrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τῐ́γρητος toû Tígrētos
Dative	τῷ Τῐ́γρητῐ tôi Tígrēti
Accusative	τὸν Τῐ́γρητᾰ tòn Tígrēta
Vocative	Τῐ́γρης Tígrēs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,028

Jahanshah Derakhshani, “Some Earliest Traces of the Aryan: Evidence from the 4th and 3rd Millennium B.C.”, Iran and the Caucasus, vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 11.

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