κράμβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually connected with κράμβος (krámbos, dry; blight in grapes, when they shrivel)[1], assuming that the plant was named after its shrunken leaves, but this is rejected by Beekes, who leaves the origin Pre-Greek[2].

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρᾰ́μβη (krámbē) f (genitive κρᾰ́μβης); first declension

  1. cabbage
    μὰ τὴν κράμβηνmà tḕn krámbēnby the cabbage! (μά + accusative: comic oath)
    Synonym: ῥάφανος (rháphanos)

Derived terms

  • κραμβήεις (krambḗeis)
  • κραμβίδιον (krambídion)
  • κραμβίον (krambíon)
  • κραμβίς (krambís)
  • κραμβίτας (krambítas)
  • κραμβοκέφαλος (kramboképhalos)
  • κραμβοσπᾰ́ρᾰγον (krambospáragon)
  • κραμβοφᾰ́γος (krambophágos)

Descendants

  • Greek:
    Medieval Byzantine Greek: κράμβη (krámbē), κράμπη
    Modern Greek: κράμβη (krámvi)
  • Arabic: كُرُنْب (kurunb)[3]
  • Aramaic:
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כְּרַנְבִּי (kranbī)[4]
  • Classical Syriac: ܟܪܒܐ (kərāḇā)[5]
  • Coptic: ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲏ (grampē), ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (grampe), ⲕⲣⲁⲙⲡⲏ (krampē)
  • Latin: crambē[2]
  • → Middle Iranian: *karamb, *kalamb[6]
  • Ancient Greek: κραμβίδιον (krambídion, diminutive)
    • Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ) (see there for further descendants)
    • Coptic: ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓⲧ (grampit)
  • Ancient Greek: κραμβίον (krambíon) ("decoction of κράμβη")
    • Medieval Byzantine Greek: κραμβίν (krambín), κραμπί(ν), κραμπίον[10]

References

  1. Boisacq, Émile (1916), κράμβος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 507–508
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 769
  3. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 531
  4. Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 672
  5. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 162
  6. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 221
  7. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 256
  8. Bartholomae, Christian; Salemann, Carl; Horn, Paul; Geiger, Wilhelm; Socin, Albert (1895–1901), Geiger, Wilhelm; Kuhn, Ernst, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 59
  9. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կաղամբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 493ab
  10. κραμβίν in Kriaras, Emmanuel. (n.d.) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (11001669) Vols. IXIV.] (in Greek), Online edition

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, cabbage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraɱ.vi/
  • Hyphenation: κράμ‧βη

Noun

κράμβη (krámvi) f (plural κράμβες)

  1. turnip
  2. (botany, horticulture) brassica, the cabbage family

Declension

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See also

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