κῦφι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κοῖφῐ (koîphi)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κῦφῐ • (kûphi) 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 kûphi		 τὼ κῡ́φει
tṑ kū́phei		 τᾰ̀ κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
tà kū́phē / kū́phea
Genitive τοῦ κῡ́φεως
toû kū́pheōs		 τοῖν κῡφέοιν
toîn kūphéoin		 τῶν κῡ́φεων
tôn kū́pheōn
Dative τῷ κῡ́φει
tôi kū́phei		 τοῖν κῡφέοιν
toîn kūphéoin		 τοῖς κῡ́φεσῐ / κῡ́φεσῐν
toîs kū́phesi(n)
Accusative τὸ κῦφῐ
tò kûphi		 τὼ κῡ́φει
tṑ kū́phei		 τᾰ̀ κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
tà kū́phē / kū́phea
Vocative κῦφῐ
kûphi		 κῡ́φει
kū́phei		 κῡ́φη / κῡ́φεᾰ
kū́phē / kū́phea
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: cȳphi, cȳfi, quīfi
    • >? Catalan: xufla, xufa
    • >? Spanish: chufa

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