νῦ

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See also: νυ, νύ, Appendix:Variations of "nu", and Appendix:Variations of "ny"

Ancient Greek

previous letter μῦ		following letter ξεῖ
Ν ν – English: nu

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤍 (n‬ /⁠nūn⁠/).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nŷː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ny/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ny/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ny/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni/

Noun

νῦ • (nû) n (indeclinable)

nu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

Greek: νι (ni)

References

“νῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

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