γομάρι

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek γομάρι(ν) (gomári(n)), from Koine Greek γομάριον (gomárion, “load of an animal”), derived from Ancient Greek γόμος (gómos, “load, weight”).

Noun

γομάρι • (gomári) n (plural γομάρια)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: γάιδαρος (gáidaros)

Declension

declension of γομάρι

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	γομάρι •	γομάρια •
genitive	γομαριού •	γομαριών •
accusative	γομάρι •	γομάρια •
vocative	γομάρι •	γομάρια •

Descendants

• → Albanian: gomar, magar
• → Romanian: măgar, gomar
• → South Slavic: (through Balkan Romance and/or Albanian)
  • Bulgarian: мага́ре (magáre)
  • Macedonian: магаре (magare)
  • Serbo-Croatian: màgare／ма̀гаре

References

• “γομάρι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998