κερασός

See also: κέρασος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

A loanword of uncertain origin, considering the intervocalic -σ- either Anatolian or Pre-Greek.

Comparison with the word Akkadian 𒅗𒅈𒋗 (/karšu/, “a plant, likely a leek”) rejected by Rosół.

Blažek argues that the ultimate source of the word may well be Semitic, e. g. Akkadian 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏 (/kamiššaru, kamaššaru, kameššaru/, “pear-tree”), compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܡܬܪܐ‎ (kūmatrā) and an Aramaic borrowing Arabic كُمَّثْرَى‎‎ (kummaṯrā). He argues that assimilation *-mš- > *-š- is attested in several NW Semitic languages of the 2nd millenium BC, and hypothesizes that metathesis *k-(m)š-r- > *k-r-(m)š-r- might have happened either in an unidentified mediator language or a Semitic donor.

The scholar also notes that the related cultural term seems to be widespread in Caucasian languages, compare (not to list over a dozen lemmata) Lak ккурмуз (k̄urmuz, “(wild) cherry plum”) and Dargwa гимиргьи (gimirhi, “quince”), reconstructed protoform Proto-Northeast Caucasian *kurmäśV / *kurmäʒ́V (“some kind of fruit”), and possibly Proto-Northwest Caucasian *mǝrǝgʷǝźʷǝ- (“some sort of plum or peach”) attested in some Abkhaz compound words.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κερᾰσός • (kerasós) m (genitive κερᾰσοῦ); second declension

  1. bird cherry, Prunus avium (tree)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κερᾰσός; τοῦ κερᾰσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κερᾰσός
ho kerasós		 τὼ κερᾰσώ
tṑ kerasṓ		 οἱ κερᾰσοί
hoi kerasoí
Genitive τοῦ κερᾰσοῦ
toû kerasoû		 τοῖν κερᾰσοῖν
toîn kerasoîn		 τῶν κερᾰσῶν
tôn kerasôn
Dative τῷ κερᾰσῷ
tôi kerasôi		 τοῖν κερᾰσοῖν
toîn kerasoîn		 τοῖς κερᾰσοῖς
toîs kerasoîs
Accusative τὸν κερᾰσόν
tòn kerasón		 τὼ κερᾰσώ
tṑ kerasṓ		 τοὺς κερᾰσούς
toùs kerasoús
Vocative κερᾰσέ
kerasé		 κερᾰσώ
kerasṓ		 κερᾰσοί
kerasoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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