"τέφρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See τέφρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /té.pʰraː/, /ˈte.ɸra/, /ˈte.fra/, /té.pʰraː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈte.pʰra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈte.ɸra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈte.fra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈte.fra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). The unaspirated first consonant is due to Grassmann's law. Cognates include Latin foveō, Albanian djeg, Old Church Slavonic жещи (žešti), Lithuanian degti, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dažaⁱti), and Sanskrit दहति (dahati). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰegʷʰ-}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰegʷʰ-||to burn}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), {{cog|la|foveō}} Latin foveō, {{cog|sq|djeg}} Albanian djeg, {{cog|cu|жещи}} Old Church Slavonic жещи (žešti), {{cog|lt|degti}} Lithuanian degti, {{cog|ae|𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌}} Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dažaⁱti), {{cog|sa|दहति}} Sanskrit दहति (dahati) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τέφρᾱς|f|first|head=τέφρᾱ}} τέφρᾱ • (téphrā) f (genitive τέφρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τέφρᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: τέφρᾱ [canonical], téphrā [romanization], τέφρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ τέφρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ τέφρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ τέφραι [nominative, plural], τῆς τέφρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν τέφραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τεφρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ τέφρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν τέφραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τέφραις [dative, plural], τὴν τέφρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ τέφρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τέφρᾱς [accusative, plural], τέφρᾱ [singular, vocative], τέφρᾱ [dual, vocative], τέφραι [plural, vocative]
  1. ashes, as of the funeral pyre. Wikipedia link: Grassmann's law Synonyms: τέφρη (téphrē) [Epic, Ionic] Derived forms: τέφρινος (téphrinos)

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      "ipa": "/ˈte.fra/",
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      "word": "τέφρη"
    }
  ],
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}

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