ῥαφή
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ῥαφή. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ῥαφή, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ῥαφή in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ῥαφή you have here. The definition of the word ῥαφή will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofῥαφή, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥᾰ́πτω (rhắptō, “to sew together, stitch”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /raˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /raˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /raˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /raˈfi/
Noun
ῥᾰφή • (rhăphḗ) f (genitive ῥᾰφῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥᾰφή hē rhăphḗ |
τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhăphā́ |
αἱ ῥᾰφαί hai rhăphaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥᾰφῆς tês rhăphês |
τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhăphaîn |
τῶν ῥᾰφῶν tôn rhăphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥᾰφῇ têi rhăphêi |
τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhăphaîn |
ταῖς ῥᾰφαῖς taîs rhăphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥᾰφήν tḕn rhăphḗn |
τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhăphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s rhăphā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥᾰφή rhăphḗ |
ῥᾰφᾱ́ rhăphā́ |
ῥᾰφαί rhăphaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- “ῥαφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥαφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ῥαφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers