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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰá.ly.bas/ → /ˈxa.ly.βas/ → /ˈxa.li.vas/
Noun
χᾰ́λῠβᾰς • (khálubas) m
- accusative plural of χᾰ́λῠψ (khálups)
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups) through the accusative singular "τὸν (tòn)& χάλυβα (kháluba)".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxa.li.vas/
- Hyphenation: χά‧λυ‧βας
Noun
χάλυβας • (chályvas) f (plural χάλυβες)
- steel
Declension
Usually in the singular.
Synonyms
- (more generally) ατσάλι n (atsáli)
See also