"αδελφός" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /a.ðelˈfos/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós); from Proto-Hellenic *hə- (“same, together”) from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“together, one”) + *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”), equivalent to ἁ- (ha-, “same”, copulative prefix) + δελφύς (delphús, “womb”). Etymology templates: {{root|el|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{inh|el|grc|ἀδελφός}} Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós), {{der|el|grk-pro|*hə-|t=same, together}} Proto-Hellenic *hə- (“same, together”), {{der|el|ine-pro|*sm̥-|t=together, one}} Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- (“together, one”), {{affix|grc|ἁ-|δελφύς|nocat=1|pos1=copulative prefix|t1=same|t2=womb}} ἁ- (ha-, “same”, copulative prefix) + δελφύς (delphús, “womb”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|αδελφοί|||||||||||feminine|αδελφή|||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} αδελφός • (adelfós) m (plural αδελφοί, feminine αδελφή), {{el-noun|m|αδελφοί|f=αδελφή}} αδελφός • (adelfós) m (plural αδελφοί, feminine αδελφή) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|αδελφός|αδελφοί|αδελφού|αδελφών|αδελφό|αδελφούς|αδελφέ|αδελφοί|note=}} Forms: adelfós [romanization], αδελφοί [plural], αδελφή [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], αδελφός [nominative, singular], αδελφοί [nominative, plural], αδελφού [genitive, singular], αδελφών [genitive, plural], αδελφό [accusative, singular], αδελφούς [accusative, plural], αδελφέ [singular, vocative], αδελφοί [plural, vocative], αδερφός [alternative]
  1. brother
    Sense id: en-αδελφός-el-noun-C0vXfOxw
  2. (religion) monk
    Sense id: en-αδελφός-el-noun-m1UNFeKY Categories (other): Religion, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male family members Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός': 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Male family members: 31 69 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (see): αδέλφι (adélfi) (english: sibling) [neuter]
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 Disambiguation of 'see': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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