φάκελος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

The suffix is a reminiscent of πύελος (púelos) and σκόπελος (skópelos). Furnée further compares φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, leathern bag) and βάσκιοι (báskioi). Solmsen hesitatingly compared σφάκελος (sphákelos, spasm, gangrene), suggesting a common meaning "drawn together, tied together". Cognate to Albanian bashkë (together).[1] Beekes points out a variant φάκελλος (phákellos) in Aristotle, and says that this proves that this word is Pre-Greek, but this is dismissed by Nikolaev, claiming that the variant in question does not actually exist.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάκελος • (phákelosm (genitive φακέλου); second declension

  1. bundle, faggot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: φάκελος (fákelos)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 93

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

φάκελος • (fákelosm (plural φάκελοι)

  1. envelope (stationery)
  2. file, dossier
  3. (computing) directory, folder (file storage)

Declension

Declension of φάκελος
singular plural
nominative φάκελος (fákelos) φάκελοι (fákeloi)
genitive φακέλου (fakélou) φακέλων (fakélon)
accusative φάκελο (fákelo) φακέλους (fakélous)
vocative φάκελε (fákele) φάκελοι (fákeloi)

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