κοῦφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1] Per Trubachev, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kewbʰ- (to duck, to bow) attested in κουφάριν (kouphárin, carcass), Old East Slavic кубъ (kubŭ, drinking vessel).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κοῦφος (koûphosm (feminine κούφη, neuter κοῦφον); first/second declension

  1. light, not heavy, nimble
    Synonym: ἐλαφρός (elaphrós)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: κούφος (koúfos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ * Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kubъ, *kubъkъ, *kubikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 77

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