νεκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέκυς (nékus, a dead body), from Proto-Indo-European *nek (death, natural death); see also Welsh angeu (death), Breton ankou, Old Irish ec, Latin noxius (harmful), Latin nocere (to hurt, harm), Latin necis (murder, violent death) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian vi-nathayatiy (he injures), Avestan nasyeiti (disappears), nasu- (corpse), Sanskrit नश्यति (disappear, perish)

Pronunciation

Adjective

νεκρός m, νεκρά f, νεκρόν n; first/second declension; (nekros)

  1. dead

Inflection

Noun

νεκρός (genitive νεκροῦ) m, second declension; (nekros)

  1. a dead body, corpse
  2. one who is dead (in plural: the dead)
  3. dying person

Inflection

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκρός.

Adjective

νεκρός m  (nekrós)   feminine νεκρή, neuter νεκρό

  1. dead

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Synonyms

Noun

νεκρός (nekrós) m,   plural νεκροί

  1. dead

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