δραχμή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Typically derived as a verbal noun (holding) of δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, to seize”). Beekes, however, argues that the existence of the variants δαρχμά (darkhmá) and δαρχνά (darkhná) means δραχ- (drakh-) and δαρχ- (darkh-) do not continue the zero-grade of Proto-Hellenic *dr̥kʰ- and instead derive from an otherwise unknown Pre-Greek substrate term.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drakʰ.mɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /drakʰˈme̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðraxˈmi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðraxˈmi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðraxˈmi/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δρᾰχμή hē drakhmḗ |
τὼ δρᾰχμᾱ́ tṑ drakhmā́ |
αἱ δρᾰχμαί hai drakhmaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δρᾰχμῆς tês drakhmês |
τοῖν δρᾰχμαῖν toîn drakhmaîn |
τῶν δρᾰχμῶν tôn drakhmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δρᾰχμῇ têi drakhmêi |
τοῖν δρᾰχμαῖν toîn drakhmaîn |
ταῖς δρᾰχμαῖς taîs drakhmaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δρᾰχμήν tḕn drakhmḗn |
τὼ δρᾰχμᾱ́ tṑ drakhmā́ |
τᾱ̀ς δρᾰχμᾱ́ς tā̀s drakhmā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρᾰχμή drakhmḗ |
δρᾰχμᾱ́ drakhmā́ |
δρᾰχμαί drakhmaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ᾱ̔ δραχμᾱ́ hā drakhmā́ |
τὼ δραχμᾱ́ tṑ drakhmā́ |
ταὶ δραχμαί taì drakhmaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τᾶς δραχμᾶς tâs drakhmâs |
τοῖν δραχμαῖν toîn drakhmaîn |
τᾶν δραχμᾶν tân drakhmân | ||||||||||
| Dative | τᾷ δραχμᾷ tâi drakhmâi |
τοῖν δραχμαῖν toîn drakhmaîn |
ταῖς δραχμαῖς taîs drakhmaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ν δραχμᾱ́ν tā̀n drakhmā́n |
τὼ δραχμᾱ́ tṑ drakhmā́ |
τᾱ̀ς δραχμᾱ́ς tā̀s drakhmā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δραχμᾱ́ drakhmā́ |
δραχμᾱ́ drakhmā́ |
δραχμαί drakhmaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- Greek: δραχμή (drachmí)
- → Turkish: drahmi
- → Bactrian: δραχμο (draxmo), δδραχμο (ddraxmo)
- → Khotanese: [script needed] (draṃmaa-)
- → Latin: drachma (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Persian: 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /drahm/), 𐫅𐫡𐫍𐫖 (drhm /drahm/)
- → Old Armenian: դրաքմայ (drakʻmay), դրաքմէ (drakʻmē), դրագմէ (dragmē)
- → Sanskrit: द्रम्म (drámma) (see there for further descendants)
- → Sogdian: [script needed] (δrγmh /δraxm(a)/)
References
- “δραχμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δραχμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δραχμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δραχμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Noun
δραχμή • (drachmí) f (plural δραχμές)
Declension
Coordinate terms
- λεπτό m (leptó, “cent”)
Descendants
- → Turkish: drahmi
Further reading
δραχμή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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