"ψάρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ψάρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /psǎːr/, /psar/, /psar/, /psǎːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /psar/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /psar/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /psar/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /psar/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *spḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow. Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*spḗr}} Proto-Hellenic *spḗr, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*spḗr||sparrow, bird}} Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”), {{cog|en|sparrow}} English sparrow Head templates: {{grc-noun|ψᾱρός|m|third|head=ψᾱ́ρ}} ψᾱ́ρ • (psā́r) m (genitive ψᾱρός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ψᾱ́ρ|ψᾱρός|form=M}} Forms: ψᾱ́ρ [canonical], psā́r [romanization], ψᾱρός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ψᾱ́ρ [nominative, singular], τὼ ψᾶρε [dual, nominative], οἱ ψᾶρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ψᾱρός [genitive, singular], τοῖν ψᾱροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ψᾱρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ψᾱρῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν ψᾱροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ψᾱρσῐ́ [dative, plural], ψᾱρσῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs psārsí [dative, plural], toîs psārsín [dative, plural], τὸν ψᾶρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ψᾶρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ψᾶρᾰς [accusative, plural], ψᾱ́ρ [singular, vocative], ψᾶρε [dual, vocative], ψᾶρες [plural, vocative]
  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Synonyms: ψήρ (psḗr) [Ionic] Derived forms: ψαρός (psarós) Related terms: ψάρων (psárōn)

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