πέρνα
See also: περνά
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pér.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈper.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈper.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈper.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈper.na/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin perna. Doublet of πτέρνη (ptérnē, “heel”), which was inherited.
Alternative forms
- πτέρνα (ptérna) – Epic
- πέρνη (pérnē)
Noun
πέρνᾰ • (pérna) f (genitive πέρνης); first declension
- ham
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πέρνᾰ; τῆς πέρνης (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πέρνᾰ hē pérna | τὼ πέρνᾱ tṑ pérnā | αἱ πέρναι hai pérnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πέρνης tês pérnēs | τοῖν πέρναιν toîn pérnain | τῶν περνῶν tôn pernôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πέρνῃ têi pérnēi | τοῖν πέρναιν toîn pérnain | ταῖς πέρναις taîs pérnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πέρνᾰν tḕn pérnan | τὼ πέρνᾱ tṑ pérnā | τᾱ̀ς πέρνᾱς tā̀s pérnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πέρνᾰ pérna | πέρνᾱ pérnā | πέρναι pérnai | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
πέρνᾰ • (pérna)
- second-person singular present active imperative of πέρνημι (pérnēmi)
Further reading
- “πέρνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πέρνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πέρνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾ.na/
- Hyphenation: πέρ‧να
Verb
πέρνα • (pérna)
- 2nd person singular present imperfective imperative form of περνάω (pernáo) / περνώ.
- Alternative form: πέρναγε (pérnage)
- 2nd person singular simple past perfective imperative form of περνάω (pernáo) / περνώ.
- Alternative form: πέρασε (pérase)
Usage notes
- Also as interjection (familiar singualar form): Come in!
- polite plural, see περάστε (peráste)