ὑφή

See also: υφή

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

 

Noun

ῠ̔φή • (hŭphḗ) f (genitive ῠ̔φῆς); first declension

  1. web

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔φή; τῆς ῠ̔φῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔φή
hē hŭphḗ 		τὼ ῠ̔φᾱ́
tṑ hŭphā́ 		αἱ ῠ̔φαί
hai hŭphaí
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔φῆς
tês hŭphês 		τοῖν ῠ̔φαῖν
toîn hŭphaîn 		τῶν ῠ̔φῶν
tôn hŭphôn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔φῇ
tēî hŭphēî 		τοῖν ῠ̔φαῖν
toîn hŭphaîn 		ταῖς ῠ̔φαῖς
taîs hŭphaîs
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔φήν
tḕn hŭphḗn 		τὼ ῠ̔φᾱ́
tṑ hŭphā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔φᾱ́ς
tā̀s hŭphā́s
Vocative ῠ̔φή
hŭphḗ 		ῠ̔φᾱ́
hŭphā́ 		ῠ̔φαί
hŭphaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὑφή (> DER > Further nouns > 1. ὑφή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1540

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