φως

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See also: φῶς and φώς

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), φᾰ́ος (pháos), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”).

Cognate with Mariupol Greek фос (fos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfos/

Noun

φως • (fos) n (plural φώτα)

light

Declension

Declension of φως

	singular	plural
nominative	φως •	φώτα •
genitive	φωτός •	φώτων •
accusative	φως •	φώτα •
vocative	φως •	φώτα •

Derived terms

έτος φωτός n (étos fotós, “light year”)

Related terms

φωτο- (foto-, “photo”)

Greek terms prefixed with φωτο-

-φως compounds like

ηλιόφως n (iliófos)
ημίφως n (imífos)
λυκόφως n (lykófos)
σκιόφως n (skiófos)

-φωτος (-fotos) compounds like

αυτόφωτος (aftófotos)
άφωτος (áfotos)
ετερόφωτος (eterófotos)
κατάφωτος (katáfotos)
ολόφωτος (olófotos)

and see their related words

φωστήρας m (fostíras)
φωσφόρος m (fosfóros) / φώσφορος n (fósforos, “phosphorus”)
φωτεινός (foteinós, “bright, illuminated”)
φωτιά f (fotiá, “fire”)
φωτίζω (fotízo, “to shine, to throw light on”)

Further reading

φως on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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