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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Sīsyphus, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɘ.zɘf/
- Rhymes: -ɘzɘf
- Syllabification: Sy‧zyf
Proper noun
Syzyf m pers
- (Greek mythology) Sisyphus (son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades)
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Further reading
- Syzyf in Polish dictionaries at PWN