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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”), possibly via ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “I weave”). Cognates include Old English webb (English web).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /yˈɸi/ → /iˈfi/
Noun
ῠ̔φή • (huphḗ) f (genitive ῠ̔φῆς); first declension
- web
Usage notes
Mostly used in plural.
Inflection
References
Further reading
- “ὑφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὑφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.