"σήρ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /sɛ̌ːr/, /sir/, /sir/, /sɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /se̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /sir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /sir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Etymology templates: {{uncertain|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|och|絲|t=silk|tr=*sə}} Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σηρός|m|third}} σήρ • (sḗr) m (genitive σηρός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σήρ|σηρός}} Forms: sḗr [romanization], σηρός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ σήρ [nominative, singular], τὼ σῆρε [dual, nominative], οἱ σῆρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ σηρός [genitive, singular], τοῖν σηροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σηρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ σηρῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν σηροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς σηρσῐ́ [dative, plural], σηρσῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs sērsí [dative, plural], toîs sērsín [dative, plural], τὸν σῆρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ σῆρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς σῆρᾰς [accusative, plural], σήρ [singular, vocative], σῆρε [dual, vocative], σῆρες [plural, vocative]
  1. silkworm Derived forms: σηρῐκός (sērikós)

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