"φως" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfos/
Etymology: Inherited from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), φᾰ́ος (pháos), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”). Cognate with Mariupol Greek фос (fos). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|φῶς}} Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), {{m|grc|φᾰ́ος}} φᾰ́ος (pháos), {{inh|el|grk-pro|*pʰáos}} Proto-Hellenic *pʰáos, {{inh|el|ine-pro|*bʰéh₂os}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-||shine}} *bʰeh₂- (“shine”), {{cog|grk-mar|фос}} Mariupol Greek фос (fos) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|φώτα|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} φως • (fos) n (plural φώτα), {{el-noun|n|φώτα}} φως • (fos) n (plural φώτα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|φως|φώτα|φωτός|φώτων|φως|φώτα|φως|φώτα|ap=|as=|gp=|gs=|note=|np=|ns=|vp=|vs=}} Forms: fos [romanization], φώτα [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], φως [nominative, singular], φώτα [nominative, plural], φωτός [genitive, singular], φώτων [genitive, plural], φως [accusative, singular], φώτα [accusative, plural], φως [singular, vocative], φώτα [plural, vocative]
  1. light Categories (topical): Light Derived forms: έτος φωτός (étos fotós) (english: light year) [neuter]
    Sense id: en-φως-el-noun-macCYXLU Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup Related terms: φωτο- (foto-) (english: photo), -φως compounds like, ηλιόφως (iliófos) [neuter], ημίφως (imífos) [neuter], λυκόφως (lykófos) [neuter], σκιόφως (skiófos) [neuter], -φωτος compounds like (-fotos), αυτόφωτος (aftófotos), άφωτος (áfotos), ετερόφωτος (eterófotos), κατάφωτος (katáfotos), ολόφωτος (olófotos), φωστήρας (fostíras) [masculine], φωσφόρος (fosfóros) [masculine], φώσφορος (fósforos) (english: phosphorus) [neuter], φωτεινός (foteinós) (english: bright, illuminated), φωτιά (fotiá) (english: fire) [feminine], φωτίζω (fotízo) (english: to shine, to throw light on)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for φως meaning in Greek (4.6kB)

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