сфинкс
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Kazakh
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| Arabic | سفينكس |
| Cyrillic | сфинкс |
| Latin | sfinks |
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian сфи́нкс (sfínks), from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian
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(šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”), literally "living image".
Noun
сфинкс • (sfinks)
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
сфинкс • (sfinks) m anim (genitive сфи́нкса, nominative plural сфи́нксы, genitive plural сфи́нксов)
Declension
Declension of сфинкс (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)