κουρά

See also: κούρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κουρή (kourḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *korsā́, a primary verbal noun from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to shave”), an s-extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”), the same root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut, shear, crop”), κόρση (kórsē, “temple (of forehead)”), and κορμός (kormós, “trunk of a tree”). Direct cognates include Hittite [script needed] (karš-ᶻᶦ, “to cut off”), Tocharian A kärs- (“to know, understand”), Tocharian B kärst- (“to cut off, destroy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuː.rǎː/ → /kuˈra/ → /kuˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kuː.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kuˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kuˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kuˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kuˈra/

Noun

κουρᾱ́ • (kourā́) f (genitive κουρᾶς); first declension

1. cropping of the hair
2. (in general) cropping, lopping, shearing of sheep
3. lock of hair
4. wool shorn, fleece
5. (in the plural) slips of wood

Declension

First declension of ἡ κουρᾱ́; τῆς κουρᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κουρᾱ́ hē kourā́	τὼ κουρᾱ́ tṑ kourā́	αἱ κουραί hai kouraí
Genitive	τῆς κουρᾶς tês kourâs	τοῖν κουραῖν toîn kouraîn	τῶν κουρῶν tôn kourôn
Dative	τῇ κουρᾷ têi kourâi	τοῖν κουραῖν toîn kouraîn	ταῖς κουραῖς taîs kouraîs
Accusative	τὴν κουρᾱ́ν tḕn kourā́n	τὼ κουρᾱ́ tṑ kourā́	τᾱ̀ς κουρᾱ́ς tā̀s kourā́s
Vocative	κουρᾱ́ kourā́	κουρᾱ́ kourā́	κουραί kouraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κουράς (kourás)
• κουρεῖον (koureîon)
• Κούρεος (Koúreos)
• κουρεύομαι (koureúomai)
• κουρεύς (koureús)
• κουρεύσιμος (koureúsimos)
• κουρευτής (koureutḗs)
• κουρευτικός (koureutikós)
• κουρευτρία (koureutría)
• Κουρεών (Koureṓn)
• κουρεῶτις (koureôtis)
• κουριάω (kouriáō)
• κουρικός (kourikós)
• κούριμος (koúrimos)
• κουρίς (kourís)
• κουρῖτις (kourîtis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κουρά (kourá)

Further reading

• “κουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κουρά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κουρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Cappadocian Greek

Alternative forms

• κουράδι (kourádi), κουρέ (kouré)

Etymology

From Old Armenian քուրայ (kʻuray, “melting pot, furnace”).

Noun

κουρά (kourá)

1. iron mine

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քուրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 89
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 179

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κουρά (kourá).

Noun

κουρά • (kourá) f

1. (scholarly): haircutting (work done by barber or shearer)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κουρά (kourá)	κουρές (kourés)
genitive	κουράς (kourás)	κουρών (kourón)
accusative	κουρά (kourá)	κουρές (kourés)
vocative	κουρά (kourá)	κουρές (kourés)

Synonyms

• κούρεμα n (koúrema)