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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A rhyming formation to κνέφας (knéphas). Usually Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣáp, “night”) is considered to be somehow related, but a precise connection cannot be established. Furnée takes σεῖφα (seîpha, “darkness, gloom”) as a shortened form of this word and also suggests to connect ζέφυρος (zéphuros, “west wind”). The variations would point to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psé.pʰas/ → /ˈpse.ɸas/ → /ˈpse.fas/
Noun
ψέφᾰς • (pséphas) n (genitive ψέφᾰος); third declension
- gloom, darkness
- Synonyms: δνόφος (dnóphos), ζόφος (zóphos), κνέφας (knéphas), σκοτία (skotía)
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