cyprus

See also: Cyprus

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Cypros (planta)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύπρος (kúpros, “henna”), from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”) from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, “to smear, to daub on”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈky.prʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.prus]

Noun

cyprus f (genitive cyprī); second declension

1. henna
   • 1833, Georg Freytag, “cyprus”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎, volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 182b:

     رَقَنَ n. a. رَقْنٌ i. q. رَقَمَ aut pro eo  1) Notavit, scripsit, pinxit, cypro tinxit. […] II [رَقَّنَ] Tinxit cypro barbam suam senex c. a. […] IV [أَرْقَنَ] Tinxit barbam suam cypro c. a. […] رِقَانٌ, رَقُونٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus. […] إِرْقَانٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus.

      

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cyprus	cyprī
genitive	cyprī	cyprōrum
dative	cyprō	cyprīs
accusative	cyprum	cyprōs
ablative	cyprō	cyprīs
vocative	cypre	cyprī

Descendants

• → Middle English: cipre

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siprus]

Noun

cyprus m inan (relational adjective cyprusový)

1. cypress

Declension

Declension of cyprus
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	cyprus	cyprusy
genitive	cyprusa	cyprusov
dative	cyprusu	cyprusom
accusative	cyprus	cyprusy
locative	cypruse	cyprusoch
instrumental	cyprusom	cyprusmi

Further reading

• “cyprus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025