See τίγρις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "τίγρη"
},
"expansion": "Greek: τίγρη (tígri)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Greek: τίγρη (tígri)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "טיגריס",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ṭīgrīs"
},
"expansion": "→ Aramaic: טיגריס (ṭīgrīs)\nClassical Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ (ṭīḡrīs)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Aramaic: טיגריס (ṭīgrīs)\nClassical Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ (ṭīḡrīs)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "טיגריס",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tígris"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: טיגריס (tígris)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: טיגריס (tígris)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "tigris",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
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"text": "→ Latin: tigris (see there for further descendants)"
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"2": "тигръ",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old East Slavic: тигръ (tigrŭ)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "тигр"
},
"expansion": "Russian: тигр (tigr), тигръ (tigr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Ingrian: tigra\n→ Komi-Zyrian: тигр (ťigr)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Russian: тигр (tigr), тигръ (tigr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Ingrian: tigra\n→ Komi-Zyrian: тигр (ťigr)"
},
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"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "тигр"
},
"expansion": "Ukrainian: тигр (tyhr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ukrainian: тигр (tyhr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "تكیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tekir"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: تكیر (tekir)\nTurkish: tekir\n→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: تكیر (tekir)\nTurkish: tekir\n→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)"
}
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"2": "iir",
"3": "-"
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"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬝𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌",
"3": "",
"4": "arrow"
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"2": "𐎫𐎥𐎼",
"3": "",
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"1": "grc",
"2": "qfa-sub",
"3": "-"
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{
"form": "tĭ́grĭs",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρεως",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
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{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
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},
{
"form": "ἡ τῐ́γρῐς",
"roman": "hē tĭ́grĭs",
"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
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"dual",
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{
"form": "αἱ τῐ́γρεις",
"roman": "hai tĭ́greis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς τῐ́γρεως",
"roman": "tês tĭ́greōs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐγρέοιν",
"roman": "tĭgréoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρεων",
"roman": "tĭ́greōn",
"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
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"form": "τῇ τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "têi tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐγρέοιν",
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"dative",
"dual"
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{
"form": "ταῖς τῐ́γρεσῐ",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρεσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs tĭ́gresĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs tĭ́gresĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
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"dual"
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"roman": "tā̀s tĭ́greis",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρεις",
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
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"2": "f",
"3": "third",
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"name": "grc-noun"
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"2": "τῐ́γρεως",
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"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"orig": "grc:Panthers",
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[
"tiger",
"tiger"
]
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"ipa": "/tí.ɡris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tí.ɡris/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɡris/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "τίγρις"
}
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "τίγρη"
},
"expansion": "Greek: τίγρη (tígri)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: τίγρη (tígri)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "טיגריס",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ṭīgrīs"
},
"expansion": "→ Aramaic: טיגריס (ṭīgrīs)\nClassical Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ (ṭīḡrīs)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Aramaic: טיגריס (ṭīgrīs)\nClassical Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ (ṭīḡrīs)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "טיגריס",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tígris"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: טיגריס (tígris)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: טיגריס (tígris)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "tigris",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: tigris",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: tigris (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "orv",
"2": "тигръ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old East Slavic: тигръ (tigrŭ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old East Slavic: тигръ (tigrŭ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "тигр"
},
"expansion": "Russian: тигр (tigr), тигръ (tigr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Ingrian: tigra\n→ Komi-Zyrian: тигр (ťigr)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Russian: тигр (tigr), тигръ (tigr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)\n→ Ingrian: tigra\n→ Komi-Zyrian: тигр (ťigr)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "тигр"
},
"expansion": "Ukrainian: тигр (tyhr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ukrainian: тигр (tyhr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "تكیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "tekir"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: تكیر (tekir)\nTurkish: tekir\n→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: تكیر (tekir)\nTurkish: tekir\n→ Armenian: թէքիր (tʻēkʻir)"
}
],
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"2": "iir",
"3": "-"
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"name": "der"
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"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬝𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌",
"3": "",
"4": "arrow"
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"3": "",
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"name": "der"
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"1": "grc",
"2": "qfa-sub",
"3": "-"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρῐς",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
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{
"form": "tĭ́grĭs",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
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{
"form": "τῐ́γρεως",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ἡ τῐ́γρῐς",
"roman": "hē tĭ́grĭs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
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},
{
"form": "αἱ τῐ́γρεις",
"roman": "hai tĭ́greis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς τῐ́γρεως",
"roman": "tês tĭ́greōs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐγρέοιν",
"roman": "tĭgréoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρεων",
"roman": "tĭ́greōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῇ τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "têi tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐγρέοιν",
"roman": "tĭgréoin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς τῐ́γρεσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρεσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs tĭ́gresĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "taîs tĭ́gresĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὴν τῐ́γρῐν",
"roman": "tḕn tĭ́grĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾱ̀ς τῐ́γρεις",
"roman": "tā̀s tĭ́greis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρῐ",
"roman": "tĭ́grĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρει",
"roman": "tĭ́grei",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "τῐ́γρεις",
"roman": "tĭ́greis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "τῐ́γρεως",
"2": "f",
"3": "third",
"head": "τῐ́γρῐς"
},
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"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
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"2": "τῐ́γρεως",
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"lang_code": "grc",
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"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Indo-Iranian languages",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Panthers"
],
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"tiger"
],
"links": [
[
"tiger",
"tiger"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/tí.ɡris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tí.ɡris/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɡris/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈti.ɣris/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "τίγρις"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.