χέρνιψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhrnikʷs, equivalent to χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ νίζω (nízō, “to wash”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χέρνιψ • (khérnips) f (genitive χέρνιβος); third declension

  1. water for washing the hands (especially before sacrifices)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ χέρνιψ; τῆς χέρνιβος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χέρνιψ
hē khérnips		 τὼ χέρνιβε
tṑ khérnibe		 αἱ χέρνιβες
hai khérnibes
Genitive τῆς χέρνιβος
tês khérnibos		 τοῖν χερνίβοιν
toîn kherníboin		 τῶν χερνίβων
tôn kherníbōn
Dative τῇ χέρνιβῐ
têi khérnibi		 τοῖν χερνίβοιν
toîn kherníboin		 ταῖς χέρνιψῐ / χέρνιψῐν
taîs khérnipsi(n)
Accusative τὴν χέρνιβᾰ
tḕn khérniba		 τὼ χέρνιβε
tṑ khérnibe		 τᾱ̀ς χέρνιβᾰς
tā̀s khérnibas
Vocative χέρνιψ
khérnips		 χέρνιβε
khérnibe		 χέρνιβες
khérnibes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Egyptian Arabic: كرنيب‎ (“washbasin”)

References
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