Nominal formation in σᾶ (sâ), with the exact form and origin of the root unclear. Candidates include φυ- (phu-), φυσ- (phus-), φυτ- (phut-), or φυκ- (phuk-), but none of these can be shown to have existed in Greek.
Comparanda include Old Armenian փուք (pʻukʻ, “breath, wind, fart”) (< φυκ-ι̯α (phuk-i̯a); however, φῦσα (phûsa) cannot derive from this form), Sanskrit फूत्करोति (phūtkaroti, “to puff, blow”) (< φυτ-ι̯α (phut-i̯a)), फुफुस (phuphusa, “lungs”), as well as Latin pustula (“bladder”),Classical Persian پوگان (pūgān, “uterus”),Dari پوقانه (pōqāna, “urine bladder”),Iranian Persian پپ (pop, “lung (Qaenī dialect)”), Old Church Slavonic пухати (puxati, “to blow”), Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyati, “to thrive, prosper”). (< φυσ- (phus-)).
Despite the existence of all this Indo-European material, the word may well have a Pre-Greek origin, based on the suffix of the derivative φῦσιγξ (phûsinx, “heel blister”), as well as the lack of solid evidence for a Proto-Indo-European *bʰus-.[1] Regardless, the words mentioned above, as well as the Greek term, may have onomatopoeic origins.
φῦσᾰ • (phûsa) f (genitive φῡ́σης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ φῦσᾰ hē phûsa |
τὼ φῡ́σᾱ tṑ phū́sā |
αἱ φῦσαι hai phûsai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φῡ́σης tês phū́sēs |
τοῖν φῡ́σαιν toîn phū́sain |
τῶν φῡσῶν tôn phūsôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φῡ́σῃ têi phū́sēi |
τοῖν φῡ́σαιν toîn phū́sain |
ταῖς φῡ́σαις taîs phū́sais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φῦσᾰν tḕn phûsan |
τὼ φῡ́σᾱ tṑ phū́sā |
τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σᾱς tā̀s phū́sās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῦσᾰ phûsa |
φῡ́σᾱ phū́sā |
φῦσαι phûsai | ||||||||||
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
φῦσᾰ • (phûsa)