τάπης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τάπις (tápis), δάπης (dápēs), δάπις (dápis), τάβης (tábēs)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Traditionally derived from Iranian (compare Persian (tanbase, “carpet, rug”)), but Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, and implies that the Iranian forms are not cognate.^[1]

Noun

τᾰ́πης • (tắpēs) m (genitive τᾰ́πητος); third declension

carpet, rug, mat

Declension

Third declension of ὁ τᾰ́πης; τοῦ τᾰ́πητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τᾰ́πης ho tắpēs	τὼ τᾰ́πητε tṑ tắpēte	οἱ τᾰ́πητες hoi tắpētes
Genitive	τοῦ τᾰ́πητος toû tắpētos	τοῖν τᾰπήτοιν toîn tăpḗtoin	τῶν τᾰπήτων tôn tăpḗtōn
Dative	τῷ τᾰ́πητῐ tôi tắpētĭ	τοῖν τᾰπήτοιν toîn tăpḗtoin	τοῖς τᾰ́πησῐ / τᾰ́πησῐν toîs tắpēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν τᾰ́πητᾰ tòn tắpētă	τὼ τᾰ́πητε tṑ tắpēte	τοὺς τᾰ́πητᾰς toùs tắpētăs
Vocative	τᾰ́πης tắpēs	τᾰ́πητε tắpēte	τᾰ́πητες tắpētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

ἀμφίδαφος (amphídaphos)
ἀμφιτάπης (amphitápēs)
ἀμφίταπις (amphítapis)
ἀμφίταπος (amphítapos)
ταπητάριος (tapētários)
ταπήτιον (tapḗtion)
ταπίδιον (tapídion)
ταπιδυφάντης (tapiduphántēs)
ταπιτάριος (tapitários)

Descendants

Greek: τάπητας (tápitas)
→ Aramaic:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: טפיטא (ṭāpīṭā), טפטא

Classical Syriac: ܛܦܝܛܐ (ṭāpīṭā), ܛܦܛܐ
- →? Arabic: دَبَش (dabaš)
→ Latin: tapēte, tapēs (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάπης, -ητος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1450–1451

“τάπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- carpet idem, page 114.
- hangings idem, page 384.
- rug idem, page 725.
- tapestry idem, page 855.
- upholstery idem, page 938.
τάπης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“ṭpy+”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάπης, -ητος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1450–1451

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