γνυφαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of γνύθος (gnúthos, “pit, hollow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡny.pʰǎi̯/ → /ɣnyˈɸɛ/ → /ɣniˈfe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡny.pʰǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnyˈpʰɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyˈɸɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyˈfe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣniˈfe/

Noun

γνυφαί • (gnuphaí)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: νάπαι (nápai, “glen, vale”).

Further reading

• “γνυφαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γνυφαί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γνύθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
• Hesychius' Lexicon: γ