Τυβί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ty.bí/ → /tyˈβi/ → /tiˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ty.bí/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyˈbi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈvi/

Proper noun

Τῠβί • (Tubí) ? (indeclinable)

1. Tybi, the fifth month of the Ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to January

Descendants

• → English: Tybi

References

• Τυβί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette