carnyx
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A recording of a reconstruction of a carnyx found at Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, being played.
Learned borrowing from Late Latin carnyx, from Byzantine Greek κάρνυξ (kárnux, “carnyx”), from κάρνον (kárnon, “carnyx”) (both translating Galatian words into Greek), from Gaulish carno- (“horn of an animal”) (used in names), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn of an animal”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Singular:
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɪks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnɪks/
- Hyphenation: car‧nyx
- Plural (carnyces):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɪsiːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnəˌsiz/
- Hyphenation: car‧ny‧ces
Noun
[edit]carnyx (plural carnyces or carnyxes)
- (music, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.
Alternative forms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts as a type of battle trumpet
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References
[edit]- ^ “carnyx, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French carnyx.
Noun
[edit]carnyx n (plural carnyxe)
Declension
[edit]Declension of carnyx
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) carnyx | carnyxul | (niște) carnyxe | carnyxele |
genitive/dative | (unui) carnyx | carnyxului | (unor) carnyxe | carnyxelor |
vocative | carnyxule | carnyxelor |
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-
- English terms borrowed from Late Latin
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- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
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