πέρνα

See also: περνά

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin perna. Doublet of πτέρνη (ptérnē, “heel”), which was inherited.

Alternative forms

Noun

πέρνᾰ • (pérna) f (genitive πέρνης); first declension

  1. 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

πέρνᾰ • (pérna)

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of πέρνημι (pérnēmi)

Further reading

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɾ.na/
  • Hyphenation: πέρ‧να

Verb

πέρνα • (pérna)

  1. 2nd person singular present imperfective imperative form of περνάω (pernáo) / περνώ.
    Alternative form: πέρναγε (pérnage)
  2. 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)
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