καφουρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • καφούρα (kaphoúra)

Etymology

From Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), via an Austronesian language such as Malay kapur from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra). It is possible that the Sanskrit term was borrowed from Malay rather than vice versa.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κᾰφουρᾱ́ • (kaphourā́) f (genitive κᾰφουρᾶς); first declension

  1. camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Declension
First declension of ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́; τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰφουρᾱ́
hē kaphourā́		 τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́
tṑ kaphourā́		 αἱ κᾰφουραί
hai kaphouraí
Genitive τῆς κᾰφουρᾶς
tês kaphourâs		 τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν
toîn kaphouraîn		 τῶν κᾰφουρῶν
tôn kaphourôn
Dative τῇ κᾰφουρᾷ
têi kaphourâi		 τοῖν κᾰφουραῖν
toîn kaphouraîn		 ταῖς κᾰφουραῖς
taîs kaphouraîs
Accusative τὴν κᾰφουρᾱ́ν
tḕn kaphourā́n		 τὼ κᾰφουρᾱ́
tṑ kaphourā́		 τᾱ̀ς κᾰφουρᾱ́ς
tā̀s kaphourā́s
Vocative κᾰφουρᾱ́
kaphourā́		 κᾰφουρᾱ́
kaphourā́		 κᾰφουραί
kaphouraí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Greek: καφουρά (kafourá)
  • → Latin: caphūra

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