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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βρέχω (brékhō, “to rain”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
βροχή • (brokhḗ) f (genitive βροχῆς); first declension (Koine)
- (Koine) rain
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “βροχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βροχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βροχή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βροχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “βροχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Koine Greek βροχή (brokhḗ, “rain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɾoˈçi/
- Hyphenation: βρο‧χή
Noun
βροχή • (vrochí) f (plural βροχές)
- rain, shower
Το χώμα ρουφούσε διψασμένο τις πρώτες σταγόνες της φθινοπωρινής βροχής.- To chóma roufoúse dipsasméno tis prótes stagónes tis fthinoporinís vrochís.
- The thirsty earth drank in the first drops of the autumn rain.
- η περίοδος των βροχών ― i períodos ton vrochón ― the period of the rains (the rainy season)
- βροχή από πέτρες ― vrochí apó pétres ― a rain of stones
- βροχή μετεωριτών ― vrochí meteoritón ― meteor shower
Declension
Declension of βροχή
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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βροχή (vrochí)
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βροχές (vrochés)
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| genitive
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βροχής (vrochís)
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βροχών (vrochón)
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| accusative
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βροχή (vrochí)
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βροχές (vrochés)
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| vocative
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βροχή (vrochí)
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βροχές (vrochés)
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- αλεξιβρόχιο n (alexivróchio, “umbrella”)
- βρεγμένος (vregménos, “wet”)
- βρέχω (vrécho, “to wet”)
- βρέχει ο ουρανός (vréchei o ouranós, “it's raining”)
- βροχερός (vrocherós, “rainy”)
- βροχηδόν (vrochidón, “like rain”)
- βρόχινος (vróchinos, “pluvious”)
- βροχο- (vrocho-, “pertaining to rain or rainfall”)
- βροχόμετρο n (vrochómetro, “rain gauge”)
- βροχόνερο n (vrochónero, “rainwater”)
- βροχοποιός m (vrochopoiós, “rainmaker”)
- βροχόπτωση f (vrochóptosi, “rainfall”)
- όξινος βροχή (óxinos vrochí, “acid rain”)
Further reading