Φυλή
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See also: φυλή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the noun φυλή (phulḗ) ("tribe").
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰyː.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰyˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸyˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fyˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈli/
Proper noun
Φῡλή • (Phūlḗ) f (genitive Φῡλῆς); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Φυλάσιος (Phulásios)
Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022