τέφρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). The un-aspirated first consonant is due to Grassmann's law.

Cognates include Latin foveō, Albanian djeg, Old Church Slavonic жещи (žešti), Lithuanian degti, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (dažaiti), and Sanskrit दहति (dahati).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τέφρᾱ • (téphrā) f (genitive τέφρᾱς); first declension

  1. ashes, as of the funeral pyre.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ τέφρᾱ; τῆς τέφρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ τέφρᾱ
hē téphrā		 τὼ τέφρᾱ
tṑ téphrā		 αἱ τέφραι
hai téphrai
Genitive τῆς τέφρᾱς
tês téphrās		 τοῖν τέφραιν
toîn téphrain		 τῶν τεφρῶν
tôn tephrôn
Dative τῇ τέφρᾳ
têi téphrāi		 τοῖν τέφραιν
toîn téphrain		 ταῖς τέφραις
taîs téphrais
Accusative τὴν τέφρᾱν
tḕn téphrān		 τὼ τέφρᾱ
tṑ téphrā		 τᾱ̀ς τέφρᾱς
tā̀s téphrās
Vocative τέφρᾱ
téphrā		 τέφρᾱ
téphrā		 τέφραι
téphrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τέφρα (téphra).

Noun

τέφρα • (téfra) f (plural τέφρες)

  1. ash, cinder, cinders

Declension
declension of τέφρα
singular plural
nominative τέφρα • τέφρες •
genitive τέφρας • τεφρών •
accusative τέφρα • τέφρες •
vocative τέφρα • τέφρες •

Further reading
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