грифон

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Bulgarian

Каменна скулптура на грифон (от Др. Египет)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps, gryps), morphologically identical to гриф (grif) +‎ -он (-on, augmentative suffix).

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Noun

грифо́н (grifónm (relational adjective грифо́нов)

  1. griffin, gryphon (mythological creature with head + wings of an eagle and torso of a lion)

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References

  • грифон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • грифон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Статуа на грифон

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps, gryps).

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  • Hyphenation: гри‧фон

Noun

гри́фон (grífonm (plural гри́фони)

  1. (mythology) griffin, gryphon (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)

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грифон

Pronunciation

Noun

грифо́н (grifónm anim (genitive грифо́на, nominative plural грифо́ны, genitive plural грифо́нов)

  1. (mythology) griffin (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
    • 1841, Алексей Константинович Толстой [Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy], Упырь; English translation from The Vampire, (Please provide a date or year):
      — Оста́вьте меня́! Ра́зве я винова́т, что Вене́ра — прекра́снейшая из боги́нь? Пари́с челове́к со вку́сом, и я его́ непреме́нно сде́лаю со́вестным судьё́ю в Пеки́не, как ско́ро въе́ду в своё́ Кита́йское госуда́рство на крыла́том грифо́не!
      — Ostávʹte menjá! Rázve ja vinovát, što Venéra — prekrásnejšaja iz bogínʹ? París čelovék so vkúsom, i ja jevó nepreménno sdélaju sóvestnym sudʹjóju v Pekíne, kak skóro vʺjédu v svojó Kitájskoje gosudárstvo na krylátom grifóne!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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