smaragd
English
Etymology
From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmæɹæɡd/, /sməˈɹæɡd/
- Rhymes: -æɡd
Noun
smaragd (plural smaragds)
- (obsolete) An emerald.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
- 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 389:
- Nor far they steppèd when on culm'inant height / where stretcht a gem-enamel'd mead they stood; / Smaragd and Ruby-strewn, so rich the sight / presumed 'twas Paradisial floor they trod.
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsmarakt]
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- smaragdový
Danish
Etymology
From late Old Norse smaragdr, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smaravd/, [smɑˈʁɑwˀd̥]
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | smaragd | smaragden | smaragder | smaragderne |
| genitive | smaragds | smaragdens | smaragders | smaragdernes |
References
- “smaragd” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch smaragd, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smaːˈrɑxt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: sma‧ragd
- Rhymes: -ɑxt
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: smarag
References
- “smaragd” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Estonian
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- smaragd in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃmɒrɒɡd]
- Hyphenation: sma‧ragd
- Rhymes: -ɒɡd
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | smaragd | smaragdok |
| accusative | smaragdot | smaragdokat |
| dative | smaragdnak | smaragdoknak |
| instrumental | smaragddal | smaragdokkal |
| causal-final | smaragdért | smaragdokért |
| translative | smaragddá | smaragdokká |
| terminative | smaragdig | smaragdokig |
| essive-formal | smaragdként | smaragdokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | smaragdban | smaragdokban |
| superessive | smaragdon | smaragdokon |
| adessive | smaragdnál | smaragdoknál |
| illative | smaragdba | smaragdokba |
| sublative | smaragdra | smaragdokra |
| allative | smaragdhoz | smaragdokhoz |
| elative | smaragdból | smaragdokból |
| delative | smaragdról | smaragdokról |
| ablative | smaragdtól | smaragdoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
smaragdé | smaragdoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
smaragdéi | smaragdokéi |
| Possessive forms of smaragd | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | smaragdom | smaragdjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | smaragdod | smaragdjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | smaragdja | smaragdjai |
| 1st person plural | smaragdunk | smaragdjaink |
| 2nd person plural | smaragdotok | smaragdjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | smaragdjuk | smaragdjaik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- smaragd in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology
From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sma.ˈraɡd/, [smɑ.ˈɾɑɡd]
Noun
smaragd m (definite singular smaragden, indefinite plural smaragder, definite plural smaragdene)
- (an) emerald (gemstone)
Derived terms
References
- “smaragd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.
Noun
smaragd m (definite singular smaragden, indefinite plural smaragdar, definite plural smaragdane)
- (an) emerald (gemstone)
Derived terms
References
- “smaragd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Smaragd, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), from a Semitic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smǎraɡd/
- Hyphenation: sma‧ragd
Declension
References
- “smaragd” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of smaragd | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | smaragd | smaragden | smaragder | smaragderna |
| Genitive | smaragds | smaragdens | smaragders | smaragdernas |
Derived terms
- smaragdgrön (“emerald green”)