ζέρνα in Ancient Greek

IPA: /zdér.na/, /ˈzer.na/, /ˈzer.na/, /zdér.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈzer.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzer.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzer.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzer.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: According to Lewy, from a Semitic source common to Hebrew זֶרַע (zéra‛, “seed”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|sem|-}} Semitic, {{cog|he|זֶרַע|t=seed|tr=zéra‛}} Hebrew זֶרַע (zéra‛, “seed”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζέρνᾰ|ζέρνης|f|first}} ζέρνᾰ • (zérnă) f (genitive ζέρνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζέρνᾰ|ης}} Forms: ζέρνᾰ [canonical], zérnă [romanization], ζέρνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ζέρνᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ ζέρνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ζέρναι [nominative, plural], τῆς ζέρνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζέρναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζερνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ζέρνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ζέρναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ζέρναις [dative, plural], τὴν ζέρνᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ ζέρνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ζέρνᾱς [accusative, plural], ζέρνᾰ [singular, vocative], ζέρνᾱ [dual, vocative], ζέρναι [plural, vocative]

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"ζέρνα" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun