ἄπφα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀπφά (apphá)

Etymology

Of sound-symbolic (German Lallwort) origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ápʰ.pʰa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈap.pʰa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.ɸa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.fa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈap.fa/

Noun

ἄπφα • (áppha) m (indeclinable)

term of endearment, used as an address between siblings or beloved ones

See also

ἀπφά (apphá)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 121

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