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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /ha.pʰɛ̌ː/, /aˈɸi/, /aˈfi/, /ha.pʰɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)aˈpʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈɸi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈfi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈfi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) + -ή (-ḗ). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἅπτω|-ή|t1=to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten}} ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) + -ή (-ḗ) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἁφῆς|f|first|head=ἁφή}} ἁφή • (haphḗ) f (genitive ἁφῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἁφή|ῆς}} Forms: haphḗ [romanization], ἁφῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἁφή [nominative, singular], ἁφᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἁφαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ἁφῆς [genitive, singular], ἁφαῖν [dual, genitive], ἁφῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἁφῇ [dative, singular], ἁφαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἁφαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ἁφήν [accusative, singular], ἁφᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ἁφή [singular, vocative], ἁφᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ἁφαί [plural, vocative]
  1. lighting, kindling
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-e0R9f5GR
  2. touch, sense of touch
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-iAbfvfUY Categories (other): Senses Disambiguation of Senses: 15 20 4 14 14 15 9 9
  3. (in wrestling) grip
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-mU3IRApr
  4. sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-oTIbJtzv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 3 3 54 9 10 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 3 3 56 11 8 5 7
  5. (mathematics) point of contact, intersection
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-pmB29b6K Categories (other): Mathematics, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ή Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 3 17 36 6 6 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 10 3 3 11 35 7 7 24 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ή: 10 4 4 13 35 7 7 20 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. (in the plural) stripes, strokes Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-KbNQxBBn
  7. (pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-k9rW2aRF Categories (other): Pathology Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
  8. (anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament
    Sense id: en-ἁφή-grc-noun-iJbbnmfh Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀνᾰφής (anăphḗs), εὐᾰφής (euăphḗs)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "anăphḗs",
      "word": "ἀνᾰφής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "euăphḗs",
      "word": "εὐᾰφής"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αφή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αφή (afí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αφή (afí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "afa"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: afa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: afa"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) + -ή (-ḗ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haphḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἁφή",
      "roman": "hē haphḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ἁφαί",
      "roman": "hai haphaí",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἁφῆς",
      "roman": "tês haphês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφαῖν",
      "roman": "haphaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφῶν",
      "roman": "haphôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἁφῇ",
      "roman": "têi haphêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφαῖν",
      "roman": "haphaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἁφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs haphaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἁφήν",
      "roman": "tḕn haphḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
      "roman": "haphā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s haphā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφή",
      "roman": "haphḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "ἁφαί",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "ἁφή"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ἁφή",
        "2": "ῆς"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "lighting, kindling"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-e0R9f5GR",
      "links": [
        [
          "lighting",
          "lighting"
        ],
        [
          "kindling",
          "kindling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "15 20 4 14 14 15 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Senses",
          "orig": "grc:Senses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "touch, sense of touch"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "touch",
          "touch"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grip"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-mU3IRApr",
      "links": [
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in wrestling) grip"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in wrestling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 3 54 9 10 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 3 3 56 11 8 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-oTIbJtzv",
      "links": [
        [
          "sand",
          "sand"
        ],
        [
          "wrestler",
          "wrestler"
        ],
        [
          "enable",
          "enable"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "grc:Mathematics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 3 3 17 36 6 6 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 3 11 35 7 7 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 4 4 13 35 7 7 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ή",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point of contact, intersection"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-pmB29b6K",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "point of contact",
          "point of contact"
        ],
        [
          "intersection",
          "intersection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) point of contact, intersection"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stripes, strokes"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-KbNQxBBn",
      "links": [
        [
          "stripe",
          "stripe"
        ],
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) stripes, strokes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Pathology",
          "orig": "grc:Pathology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infection, especially of leprosy"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-k9rW2aRF",
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ],
        [
          "leprosy",
          "leprosy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) infection, especially of leprosy"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "junction, point of contact in the body, ligament"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἁφή-grc-noun-iJbbnmfh",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "junction",
          "junction"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ha.pʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)aˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἁφή"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ή",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Senses"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "anăphḗs",
      "word": "ἀνᾰφής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "euăphḗs",
      "word": "εὐᾰφής"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αφή"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αφή (afí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αφή (afí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "afa"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: afa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: afa"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ἅπτω",
        "3": "-ή",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) + -ή (-ḗ).",
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    {
      "form": "haphḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἁφή",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
      "roman": "haphā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ἁφαί",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἁφῆς",
      "roman": "tês haphês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφαῖν",
      "roman": "haphaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφῶν",
      "roman": "haphôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἁφῇ",
      "roman": "têi haphêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφαῖν",
      "roman": "haphaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἁφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs haphaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἁφήν",
      "roman": "tḕn haphḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
      "roman": "haphā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s haphā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφή",
      "roman": "haphḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφᾱ́",
      "roman": "haphā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἁφαί",
      "roman": "haphaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἁφῆς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἁφή",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lighting, kindling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lighting",
          "lighting"
        ],
        [
          "kindling",
          "kindling"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "touch, sense of touch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "touch",
          "touch"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in wrestling) grip"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in wrestling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sand",
          "sand"
        ],
        [
          "wrestler",
          "wrestler"
        ],
        [
          "enable",
          "enable"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point of contact, intersection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "point of contact",
          "point of contact"
        ],
        [
          "intersection",
          "intersection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) point of contact, intersection"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stripes, strokes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stripe",
          "stripe"
        ],
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) stripes, strokes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Pathology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infection, especially of leprosy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ],
        [
          "leprosy",
          "leprosy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) infection, especially of leprosy"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "junction, point of contact in the body, ligament"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "junction",
          "junction"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "contact",
          "contact"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ha.pʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ha.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)aˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἁφή"
}

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