smaragd

smaragd

See also: Smaragd

English

Etymology

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmæɹæɡd/, /sməˈɹæɡd/
• Rhymes: -æɡd

Noun

smaragd (plural smaragds)

1. (obsolete) An emerald.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

   • 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 389:

     Nor far they steppèd when on culm'inant height / where stretcht a gem-enamel'd mead they stood; / Smaragd and Ruby-strewn, so rich the sight / presumed 'twas Paradisial floor they trod.

Synonyms

• emerald

Related terms

• smaragdine

Anagrams

• dagmars

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsmarakt]

Noun

smaragd m

1. emerald

Derived terms

• smaragdový

Further reading

• smaragd in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• smaragd in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse smaragdr, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaravd/, [smɑˈʁɑwˀd̥]

Noun

smaragd c (singular definite smaragden, plural indefinite smaragder)

1. emerald

Declension

Declension of smaragd

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smaragd	smaragden	smaragder	smaragderne
genitive	smaragds	smaragdens	smaragders	smaragdernes

References

• “smaragd” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smaragd, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smaːˈrɑxt/

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• Hyphenation: sma‧ragd
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

smaragd m (plural smaragden, diminutive smaragdje n)

1. emerald

Derived terms

• smaragden (“emeralden”)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: smarag

References

• “smaragd” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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Estonian

Noun

smaragd (genitive smaragdi, partitive smaragdi)

1. (mineralogy) emerald

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• smaragd in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃmɒrɒɡd]
• Hyphenation: sma‧ragd
• Rhymes: -ɒɡd

Noun

smaragd (plural smaragdok)

1. emerald

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	smaragd	smaragdok
accusative	smaragdot	smaragdokat
dative	smaragdnak	smaragdoknak
instrumental	smaragddal	smaragdokkal
causal-final	smaragdért	smaragdokért
translative	smaragddá	smaragdokká
terminative	smaragdig	smaragdokig
essive-formal	smaragdként	smaragdokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	smaragdban	smaragdokban
superessive	smaragdon	smaragdokon
adessive	smaragdnál	smaragdoknál
illative	smaragdba	smaragdokba
sublative	smaragdra	smaragdokra
allative	smaragdhoz	smaragdokhoz
elative	smaragdból	smaragdokból
delative	smaragdról	smaragdokról
ablative	smaragdtól	smaragdoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	smaragdé	smaragdoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	smaragdéi	smaragdokéi

Possessive forms of smaragd
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	smaragdom	smaragdjaim
2nd person sing.	smaragdod	smaragdjaid
3rd person sing.	smaragdja	smaragdjai
1st person plural	smaragdunk	smaragdjaink
2nd person plural	smaragdotok	smaragdjaitok
3rd person plural	smaragdjuk	smaragdjaik

Derived terms

• smaragdgyűrű
• smaragdvaránusz
• smaragdzöld

 

Further reading

• smaragd in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

smaragd

Etymology

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sma.ˈraɡd/, [smɑ.ˈɾɑɡd]

Noun

smaragd m (definite singular smaragden, indefinite plural smaragder, definite plural smaragdene)

1. (an) emerald (gemstone)

Derived terms

• smaragdgrønn

References

• “smaragd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.

Noun

smaragd m (definite singular smaragden, indefinite plural smaragdar, definite plural smaragdane)

1. (an) emerald (gemstone)

Derived terms

• smaragdgrøn

References

• “smaragd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• smarald, smarand (regional)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σμαράγδι (smarágdi). Compare the variant smarald.

Noun

smaragd n (plural smaragde)

1. Alternative form of smarald (“emerald”)

Declension

Declension of smaragd

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) smaragd	smaragdul	(niște) smaragde	smaragdele
genitive/dative	(unui) smaragd	smaragdului	(unor) smaragde	smaragdelor
vocative	smaragdule		smaragdelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Smaragd, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), from a Semitic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smǎraɡd/
• Hyphenation: sma‧ragd

Noun

smàragd m (Cyrillic spelling сма̀рагд)

1. emerald

Declension

Declension of smaragd

	singular	plural
nominative	smaragd	smaragdi
genitive	smaragda	smaragda
dative	smaragdu	smaragdima
accusative	smaragd	smaragde
vocative	smaragde	smaragdi
locative	smaragdu	smaragdima
instrumental	smaragdom	smaragdima

References

• “smaragd” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Noun

smaragd c

1. emerald (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of smaragd
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	smaragd	smaragden	smaragder	smaragderna
Genitive	smaragds	smaragdens	smaragders	smaragdernas