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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A plural neuter as though from βράχος (brákhos), from βραχέα (brakhéa), neuter, plural of adjective βραχύς (brakhús, “short, brief”) as in the phrase "βραχέα (brakhéa) sc. ὕδατα (húdata)] "shallow waters", already in Herodotus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brá.kʰe.a/ → /ˈβra.çe.a/ → /ˈvra.çe.a/
Noun
βρᾰ́χεᾰ • (brákhea) n pl (genitive βρᾰχέων); second declension
- shallows
Declension
Descendants
- > Greek: βράχια n pl (vráchia) (inherited) - see βράχος m (vráchos)
References
- ^ "βράχος" - βράχεα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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