νάφθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἄφθᾱς (áphthās), νᾰ́φθᾱς (nắphthās)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian *naftah.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nápʰ.tʰa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnapʰ.tʰa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɸ.θa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.θa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnaf.θa/

Noun

νᾰ́φθᾰ • (nắphthă) f (genitive νᾰ́φθης); first declension
νᾰ́φθᾰ • (nắphthă) n (indeclinable)

naphtha, naturally occurring liquid petroleum

Declension

First declension of ἡ νᾰ́φθᾰ; τῆς νᾰ́φθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ νᾰ́φθᾰ hē nắphthă
Genitive	τῆς νᾰ́φθης tês nắphthēs
Dative	τῇ νᾰ́φθῃ tēî nắphthēi
Accusative	τὴν νᾰ́φθᾰν tḕn nắphthăn
Vocative	νᾰ́φθᾰ nắphthă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Declension of τὸ νᾰ́φθᾰ; τοῦ νᾰ́φθᾰ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ νᾰ́φθᾰ tò nắphthă
Genitive	τοῦ νᾰ́φθᾰ toû nắphthă
Dative	τῷ νᾰ́φθᾰ tōî nắphthă
Accusative	τὸ νᾰ́φθᾰ tò nắphthă
Vocative	νᾰ́φθᾰ nắphthă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

νᾰφθώδης (năphthṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Greek: νάφθα (náftha) (learned)
→ Latin: naphtha (see there for further 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

IPA^(key): /ˈna.fθa/
Hyphenation: νά‧φθα

Noun

νάφθα • (náftha) f (plural νάφθες)

(chemistry) naphtha (variable mixture of liquid hydrocarbons with boiling point of 35–200 °C)

Declension

Declension of **νάφθα**
	singular	plural
nominative	νάφθα (náftha)	νάφθες (náfthes)
genitive	νάφθας (náfthas)	ναφθών (nafthón)
accusative	νάφθα (náftha)	νάφθες (náfthes)
vocative	νάφθα (náftha)	νάφθες (náfthes)

Coordinate terms

βενζίνη f (venzíni, “petrol”)
κηροζίνη f (kirozíni, “kerosene”)
λιθανθρακόπισσα f (lithanthrakópissa, “mineral tar”)
παραφίνη f (parafíni, “paraffin, alkane”)
πετρέλαιο f (petrélaio, “petroleum”)
πίσσα f (píssa, “tar”)

Related terms

ναφθαλίνη f (nafthalíni, “naphthalene”)

References

νάφθα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Derived terms

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References

Greek

Etymology

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