Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Phoenician (compare Hebrew נֵרְדְּ (nērd), Aramaic נִרְדָּא (nirdā), Akkadian 𒆠𒆗 (HIRIM /⁠lardu⁠/), Arabic رَنْد (rand), Old South Arabian 𐩧𐩬𐩵 (rnd)), possibly from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, Indian narde) (although a Semitic-to-Indian loan has also been suggested).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νᾰ́ρδος (nắrdosf (genitive νᾰ́ρδου); second declension

  1. nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot
  2. nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*νάρδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 996

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos).

Noun

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νάρδος (nárdosm or f (plural νάρδοι)

  1. valerian, nard, spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora).

Declension

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Declension of νάρδος
singular plural
nominative νάρδος (nárdos) νάρδοι (nárdoi)
genitive νάρδου (nárdou) νάρδων (nárdon)
accusative νάρδο (nárdo) νάρδους (nárdous)
vocative νάρδε (nárde) νάρδοι (nárdoi)

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