κράμβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually connected with κράμβος (krámbos, “dry; blight in grapes, when they shrivel”),[1] assuming that the plant was named after its shrunken leaves, but this is rejected by Beekes, who leaves the origin Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κρᾰ́μβη • (krámbē) f (genitive κρᾰ́μβης); first declension

  1. cabbage
    Synonym: ῥάφανος (rháphanos)
    μὰ τὴν κράμβην ― mà tḕn krámbēn ― by the cabbage! (μά + accusative: comic oath)

Derived terms
  • θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰ́μβη (thalassokrámbē)
  • κραμβήεις (krambḗeis)
  • κραμβίδιον (krambídion)
  • κραμβίον (krambíon)
  • κραμβίς (krambís)
  • κραμβίτας (krambítas)
  • κραμβοκέφαλος (kramboképhalos)
  • κραμβοσπᾰ́ρᾰγον (krambospáragon)
  • κραμβοφᾰ́γος (krambophágos)
  • κυνοκράμβη (kunokrámbē)

Descendants
  • Greek:
    Byzantine Greek: κράμβη (krámbē), Byzantine Greek: κράμπη (krámpē)
    Modern Greek: κράμβη (krámvi)
  • → Arabic: كُرُنْب (kurunb)[3]
  • → Aramaic:
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כְּרַנְבִּי (kranbī)[4]
  • → Classical Syriac: ܟܪܒܐ (kərāḇā)[5]
  • → Coptic: ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲏ (grampē), ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ (grampe), ⲕⲣⲁⲙⲡⲏ (krampē)
  • → Latin: crambē[2]
  • → Middle Iranian: *karamb, *kalamb[6][7][8][2][3]
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: κραμβίδιον (krambídion, diminutive)
    • → Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Coptic: ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓⲧ (grampit)
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: κραμβίον (krambíon) ("decoction of κράμβη")
    • Byzantine Greek: κραμβίν (krambín), κραμπί(ν), κραμπίον[9]

References
  1. Boisacq, Émile (1916) “κράμβος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 507–508
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 769
  3. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 531
  4. Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 672
  5. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 162
  6. Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 221
  7. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 256
  8. Bartholomae, Christian, Salemann, Carl, Horn, Paul, Geiger, Wilhelm, Socin, Albert (1895–1901) Geiger, Wilhelm, Kuhn, Ernst, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 59
  9. κραμβίν - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkraɱ.vi/
  • Hyphenation: κράμ‧βη

Noun

κράμβη • (krámvi) f (plural κράμβες)

  1. turnip
  2. (botany, horticulture) brassica, the cabbage family
    Synonym: βράσκη f (vráski)

Declension
declension of κράμβη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κράμβη • κράμβες •
genitive κράμβης • —
accusative κράμβη • κράμβες •
vocative κράμβη • κράμβες •

Coordinate terms

See also
  • ανθοκράμβη f (anthokrámvi, “cauliflower”) (formal synonym of κουνουπίδι (kounoupídi))
  • γουλί(ν) n (goulí(n), “stalk of cabbage”) (mediaeval)
  • ελαιοκράμβη f (elaiokrámvi, “rapeseed”)
  • κραμβέλαιο n (kramvélaio, “canola oil”)
  • ρέβα f (réva, “turnip”) (vernacular)
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