κῦφι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κοῖφῐ (koîphĭ)

Etymology

From Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”), from kꜣp (“to cense”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῦφῐ • (kûphĭ) n (genitive κῡ́φεως); third declension

  1. kind of Egyptian compound incense

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κῦφῐ; τοῦ κῡ́φεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κῦφῐ
tò kûphĭ 		τὼ κῡ́φει
tṑ kū́phei 		τᾰ̀ κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
tằ kū́phē / kū́pheă
Genitive τοῦ κῡ́φεως
toû kū́pheōs 		τοῖν κῡφέοιν
toîn kūphéoin 		τῶν κῡ́φεων
tôn kū́pheōn
Dative τῷ κῡ́φει
tōî kū́phei 		τοῖν κῡφέοιν
toîn kūphéoin 		τοῖς κῡ́φεσῐ / κῡ́φεσῐν
toîs kū́phesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ κῦφῐ
tò kûphĭ 		τὼ κῡ́φει
tṑ kū́phei 		τᾰ̀ κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
tằ kū́phē / kū́pheă
Vocative κῦφῐ
kûphĭ 		κῡ́φει
kū́phei 		κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
kū́phē / kū́pheă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: cȳphi, cȳfi, quīfi (manuscript variants)
    • >? Catalan: xufla, xufa
    • >? Spanish: chufa

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