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Ancient Greek
Etymology
For ὀβρίκαλα (obríkala), compare animal names and hypocoristic formations like ὀρτάλιχος (ortálikhos) and ὁσσίχος (hossíkhos). Furnée assumes Pre-Greek origin, with interchange ὀ/ἰ between ὀβρίκαλα (obríkala) and ἰβρίκαλοι (ibríkaloi, “young pigs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ó.bri.a/ → /ˈo.βri.a/ → /ˈo.vri.a/
Noun
ὄβρῐᾰ • (óbria) n pl (genitive ὀβρῐ́ων); second declension
- cubs of wild animals
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