νάφθα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *naftah.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nápʰ.tʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnapʰ.tʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnaɸ.θa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.θa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnaf.θa/
Noun
νᾰ́φθᾰ • (náphtha) f (genitive νᾰ́φθης); first declension
νᾰ́φθᾰ • (náphtha) n (indeclinable)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ νᾰ́φθᾰ hē náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νᾰ́φθης tês náphthēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νᾰ́φθῃ têi náphthēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νᾰ́φθᾰν tḕn náphthan | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾰ́φθᾰ náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ νᾰ́φθᾰ tò náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νᾰ́φθᾰ toû náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νᾰ́φθᾰ tôi náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ νᾰ́φθᾰ tò náphtha | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | νᾰ́φθᾰ náphtha | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- νᾰφθώδης (naphthṓdēs)
Descendants
References
- “νάφθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νάφθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha). Doublet of νέφτι (néfti).
Pronunciation
Noun
νάφθα • (náftha) f (plural νάφθες)
- (chemistry) naphtha (variable mixture of liquid hydrocarbons with boiling point of 35–200 °C)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νάφθα (náftha) | νάφθες (náfthes) |
| genitive | νάφθας (náfthas) | ναφθών (nafthón) |
| accusative | νάφθα (náftha) | νάφθες (náfthes) |
| vocative | νάφθα (náftha) | νάφθες (náfthes) |
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- ναφθαλίνη f (nafthalíni, “naphthalene”)
References
- νάφθα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
νάφθα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
